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March 25, 2009

Pushback against moral claims of ownership

Yale University is resisting a claim that because the Soviet Union seized Van Gogh's The Night Café the University should return the painting to the 1918-owner's heir. Here's the AP story. Indeed, Yale is initiating a lawsuit to assert a claim to the picture. Interesting!

via InsideHigherEd

Posted by CrankyProfessor at March 25, 2009 5:37 PM

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