International Art Trade
1. Bator, Paul M. The international trade in art. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1983. vii, 108 pp.
Note: This work on the illegal art trade
notes in its description of the regulation of the international movement of
stolen art treasures and discusses a number of import prohibitions, as well
as the responsibility of museums to restrict the acquistion of illegally exported
art.
2. Burnham, Bonnie. Art theft, its scope, its impact, its control. New York: International Foundation for Art Research, 1978. 205 pp.
3. De Visscher, Charles. International protection of works of
art and historic monuments. International Information and Cultural Series 8.
Washington: State Department, 1949. [50 pp.] (Reprinted from Documents and State
Papers of June 1949).
Note: These essays by Belgian jurist Charles De Visscher, based
upon the well-established thesis that the protection and preservation of cultural
resources is an international responsibility, offer the reader not only an excellent
review of plunder through history, but also a point of departure in future planning
efforts to safeguard cultural achievements of all countries through international
efforts.
Shelved in the Library at S1.67 no.8.
4. Decker, Andrew and Mariana Schroeder. "Blocking the
black market". ARTnews 94, no.4(April 1995): 46.
Note: Black market activity in artwork may lessen as a result
of a NYC court ruling calling for the return of three stolen drawings to Germany.
The artworks had been captured by Russians at the end of WWII and later stolen
from a Russian museum.
5. Dobrzynski, Judith H. "A bulldog on the heels of lost
Nazi loot". New York Times(November 4, 1997).
Note: In this interview with Hector Feliciano, a Puerto Rican
journalist who lived for years in Paris and wrote The lost museum, the Nazi
conspiracy to steal the world's greatest works of art, Feliciano reflects on
the fact that wars seem to make people go beserk. Feliciano, whose book has
proven to be extremely valuable to those who track stolen art, is now writing
a sequel.
Filed in the Library at D1.
6. Dobrzynski, Judith H. "Capitol Hill looks at issue of
art stolen in wartime". New York Times(February 15, 1998).
Note: Still interested in the Holocaust, Congress turned its
direction away from gold, bank accounts, and insurance to look at looted art.
Filed in the Library at D3.
7. Duboff, Leonard D. and Mary Ann Crawford Duboff. "The protection of artistic national patrimony against pillaging and theft in law and the visual arts". In Law and the Visual Arts Conference. Portland, OR: Northwestern School of Law, 1974.
8. Ebeling, Ashlea. "Hey, that's my picture on your wall".
Forbes 258, no.1(December 14, 1998).
Note: Article on how defective title insurance coverage protects
art owners when there are ownership disputes.
9. Freudenheim, Tom L. "Will everything become suspect?".
ARTnews 97, no.3(March 1998): 100.
Note: Art institutions and governments both have failed to
resolve the art theft problems dating from WWII. Now authorities and curators
are urged to address the issues legally and ethically.
10. Jore, Karen S. "The illicit movement of art and artifact:
how long will the art market continue to benefit from the ineffectual laws governing
cultural property". Brooklyn Journal of International Law 13(1987): 55-81.
Note: Call for stronger laws regarding cultural property.
11. "Jurisdictional Issues in the International Movment
of Cultural Property: Symposium". Syracuse Journal of International Law
and Commerce 10(1983): 281-351.
Note: Legal issues regarding the international art displacement.
12. Kouroupas, Maria Papageorge. "U.S. efforts to protect
cultural property: implementation of the 1970 UNESCO convention". African
Arts 28, no.4(Autumn 1995): 32+.
Note: The 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting
and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural
Property established a framework of international cooperation in the effort
to prevent movement of archaeological and cultural property across international
boundaries.
Filed in Library at K5.
13. LeBor, Adam. "The last Nazi art scandal". Independent(November
18, 1998).
Note: The fact that governments are finally taking action to
address the fact that many art collections belonging to Jews were looted by
the Nazis before and during WWII will be looked at by the Conference on Holocaust-Era
Assets participants to be held in Washington. Countries have made commitments
to identifying looted art in databases in order to ensure the art's return.
14. "Legal Aspects of the International Traffic in Stolen Art: Symposium". Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce 4(1976): 51-95.
15. Merryman, John Henry. "The protection of artistic national
patrimony against pillaging and theft". In Law and the visual arts, 153-172.
Portland, OR: Leonard D. DuBoff and Northwestern School of Law, Lewis &
Clark College, 1974.
Note: The author writes about the legal issues related to the
international traffic in stolen and illegally exported works of artistic and
cultural importance.
Filed in Library at M10.
16. Nahlik, E. Stanislaw. "International law and the protection of cultural property in armed conflicts". Hasting Law Journal 27(May 1976): 1069-1087.
17. Plagens, Peter. "The spoils of war: pictures looted
by Nazis hang in top museums.". Newsweek 131, no.13(March 30, 1998): 60+.
Note: Claims by heirs for artworks looted from Holocaust victims
are disturbing the art world because many of the works have found their way
to major museums. As lawsuits increase, museums wrestle with the legal and moral
issues involved.
18. Robinson, Walter V. "Museums' stance on Nazi loot belies
their role in a key case". Boston Globe(February 13, 1998): A1.
Note: Major American museums promised to facilitate the return
of any artworks plundered from European Jews during WWII, at the same time they
are joining a legal battle to protect trade in antiquities illegally exported
from countries with archeological sites. The movement toward creating liability
for people who handle stolen art,.
Filed in Library at R16.
19. Robinson, Walter V. "An ignominious legacy: evidence
grows of plundered art in US". Boston Globe(April 25, 1997): A1.
Note: This article points out that many people who purchase
art do not do a search about its authenticity or its possibility of having been
stolen.
Article is filed in the NARA Library at R24.
Online: http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/paintings.
20. Schwartz, A. "Arresting the flow of stolen art".
Asian Art & Culture 9, no.1(1996): 12-21.
Note: The author discusses UNIDROIT and its role in the art
theft business which is the third largest illicit business in the world.
21. Watson, Peter. Sotheby's: the inside story. New York: Random
House, 1997. vii, 324 pp.
Note: An investigation into how art objects of great historical,
economic, and sometimes religious, value found their way to the Sotheby's auctions.
22. Williams, Sharon A. The international and national protection of movable cultural property: a comparative study. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 1978. xvii, 302 pp.