Mauerbach Property
The Mauerbach benefit sale, conducted on a non-profit basis by Christie's in october 1996 for the Federation of Austrian Jewish communities, marked an important milestone in the history of Jewish restitution.
In a unique auction event thousands of works of art, confiscated by the National Socialists between 1938 and 1945 and whose owners could not be determined, were offered for sale in just under a thousand lots.
The sale far exceeded pre-sale expectations raising $14.6 million ((9 million) to benefit surviving victims of the Holocaust in and from Austria. The worldwide distribution of these funds is currently underway, organised by the Federation of Jewish Communities in Austria.
The following four lots, previously stored at the Monastry of Mauerbach, have recently been made available by the republic of Austria and are now being offered on behalf of the Federation of Jewish communities in Austria. The proceeds from the sale of these pictures will be used to benefit needy Holocaust suriviors.
Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Pena (1807-1876)
Bathing Beauties
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Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Pena (1807-1876)
Bathing Beauties
signed 'N. Diaz' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unframed
13 x 9 3/8in. (33 x 24cm.)
Bathing Beauties
signed 'N. Diaz' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unframed
13 x 9 3/8in. (33 x 24cm.)