The old 'Burgtheater'

Restitution status: Return to the heirs has occurred

Categories: Paintings / Watercolours

Object Data

 

Artist

Museum

Inventory Number

70.317

Description

Watercolour. Signed at the bottom left: 'Franz Gerasch'

Height

23 cm

Width

29 cm

Motif

Veduta

Period

2nd half of the 19th Century

Provenance Data

 

Provenance

Acquisition from the VUGESTA/GESTAPO

Committee

Viennese Commission for Restitution

Pendency

The art restitution case is closed.

Recommendation

The committee in charge has established the owners or their legal successors and has recommended to restore to them the art or cultural object.

Committee in charge

City of Vienna, executive city councillor in charge (municipal authorities)

Decision

The body in charge has decided to restore the art or cultural object to the owners or their legal successors.

Implementation

The art or cultural object was restituted to the owners or their legal successors.

Annotations

Sixth Report on Restitution, Vienna 15 November 2005 (p. 236): 'At the meeting of 19 October 2004, the Viennese Commission on Restitution has unanimously come to the conclusion that the acquisitions of the municipal collections from the Vugesta can in general be regarded as objects of art which can be restituted.' The object was handed over to the heirs on Ocotber 1st, 2015.

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