Draft:Nahmad Collection

The collection contains an estimated 300 works by Picasso, and pieces by Monet, Matisse, and Miró. Selected pieces have been exhibited at institutions including Kunsthaus Zürich, the Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Orsay, and the Grand Palais.{{Cite web |last=Laird |first=Michèle |date=2011-10-26 |title=Nahmad show courts controversy in Zurich |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/nahmad-show-courts-controversy-in-zurich/31419670 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hürzeler |first=Rolf |title=The Nahmad Collection Im Banne klingender Künstlernamen |url=https://www.kultur-tipp.ch/artikel/artikeldetail/the-nahmad-collection-im-banne-klingender-kuenstlernamen |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=www.kultur-tipp.ch |language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |last=swissinfo.ch |first=S. W. I. |date=2011-07-25 |title=ART: The Nahmad Collection |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/art-the-nahmad-collection/30756470 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en}}

In 2018, the collection acquired Picasso’s Young Girl with a Flower Basket (1905) for $115 million{{Cite web |date=2018-05-15 |title=Nahmads confirm Picasso's $115m flower girl will go to Paris |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2018/05/15/nahmads-confirm-picassos-dollar115m-flower-girl-will-go-to-paris |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=www.theartnewspaper.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Article |first=Henri Neuendorf ShareShare This |date=2018-05-14 |title=Sold for $115 Million, David Rockefeller's Picasso Will Go on View at the Musee d'Orsay |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/rockefeller-picasso-musee-dorsay-loan-1285340 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}} and Modigliani’s Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) (1917) for $157.2 million, setting a record at Sotheby's at the time.{{Cite news |last1=Pogrebin |first1=Robin |last2=Reyburn |first2=Scott |date=2018-05-15 |title=$157 Million for a Modigliani Raises Hardly Any Eyebrows |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/arts/design/modigliani-sothebys-auction-picasso.html |access-date=2025-05-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Ownership of Modigliani’s Seated Man with a Cane (1918) has been disputed by the heirs of Jewish art dealer Oscar Stettiner, who allege the painting was looted by the Nazis.{{Cite web |last=Article |first=Sarah Cascone ShareShare This |date=2017-11-07 |title=Judge Revives Case Against the Nahmad Family Over Allegedly Looted Modigliani |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nahmads-nazi-looted-modigliani-lawsuit-1141232 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}Katrin Langhans, Frederik Obermaier, Bastian Obermayer, Kia Vahland: "Panama Painting. Defendants lost their motion to dismiss this case and additional evidence has been presented by the Plaintiffs, which substantiates their claim. Interestingly, David Nahmad claims that Christie's agreed to reimburse him and yet he continues to defend his position, without substantial evidence. Über einen von den Nazis geraubten Modigliani, der vor seinem rechtmäßigen Eigentümer versteckt wird". Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 9, 2016, p. 11-13, listing the whereabouts of the painting since 1930.{{Cite news |last=Carvajal |first=Doreen |date=2015-11-24 |title=Estate Sues Nahmad Gallery Network for Modigliani Portrait |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/arts/design/estate-sues-nahmad-gallery-network-for-modigliani-portrait.html |access-date=2025-05-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |title=Jewish Art Collector's Heir Has Standing to Sue for Nazi-Confiscated Painting |url=https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2017/11/06/jewish-art-collectors-heir-has-standing-to-sue-for-nazi-confiscated-painting/?slreturn=2025050540028 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=New York Law Journal |language=en}} Legal proceedings began in 2011 and were refiled in New York in 2015. In 2016, Swiss authorities seized the work following the Panama Papers revelations that it was held through International Art Center (IAC), controlled by the Nahmad family. A 2020 court filing included archival evidence suggesting the painting had been marked as stolen.{{Cite news |date=2016-04-11 |title=Panama Papers: Disputed £17m Modigliani painting sequestered in Geneva |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36015701 |access-date=2025-06-25 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

The Nahmad family disputes the claim, asserting the painting was acquired legally at auction in 1996 and that its provenance is inconclusive.{{Cite web |date=2020-01-09 |title=New evidence cited in restitution claim for Panama Papers Modigliani |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/01/09/new-evidence-cited-in-restitution-claim-for-panama-papers-modigliani |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=www.theartnewspaper.com |language=en}}

• Pablo Picasso, Young Girl with a Flower Basket (1905), Nature Morte (1921){{Cite web |date=2020-03-15 |title=Billionaire Will Raffle Away Picasso for Charity |url=https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/billionaire-will-raffle-away-picasso-for-charity/5323170.html |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}
• Henri Matisse, Portrait in a Blue Coat (1935), Nude in a Bathrobe (1933–1934)
• Amedeo Modigliani, Seated Man with a Cane (1918),{{Cite web |title=Modigliani masterpiece seized in wake of Panama Papers |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/modigliani-masterpiece-seized-panama-papers-1.3529856 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=www.cbc.ca}}{{Cite web |last=Holter |first=Eric |date=2022-06-17 |title=Claim against the International Art Center |url=https://www.mondexcorp.com/claim-against-the-international-art-center/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Mondex |language=en-US}} Young Girl with a Striped Bodice (1917),{{Cite web |title=Amadeo Modigliani: A Bohemian Myth - Exhibitions - Helly Nahmad Gallery |url=https://www.hellynahmadgallery.com/exhibitions/amadeo-modigliani-a-bohemian-myth |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=www.hellynahmadgallery.com |language=en}} Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) (1917)
• Claude Monet, Boating Party at Argenteuil (1874),{{Cite web |title=Wildenstein Plattner Institute |url=https://view.publitas.com/wildenstein-plattner-institute-ol46yv9z6qv6/c-r_claude_monet_volume_ii_wildenstein_institute/page/140 |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=view.publitas.com |pages=140–141 |language=en}} Water Lilies (1870)
• Edgar Degas, Violet Dancer (1895–1898){{Cite web |last=François |first=Jean |title=Edgar Degas : Danseuse violette |url=https://www.degas-catalogue.com/fr/danseuse-violette--2301.html?direct=1 |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=www.degas-catalogue.com |language=fr}}

• The Nahmad Collection, (2012), ISBN  978-3832194086{{Cite book |last=Becker |first=Christoph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vew8u6xkop4C&q=Hillel%20Nahmad,%20aleppo |title=The Nahmad Collection |date=2011 |publisher=DuMont |isbn=978-3-8321-9408-6 |language=en}}
• Picasso and the Nahmad Collection, (2013), ISBN 978-2754107051
• David and Ezra Nahmad Collection, (2013), ISBN 978-2918298397

• Jake Bernstein, The Art of Secrecy, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (2016)
• David Nahmad, Crazy Collector, L'Obs (2014)
• Sarah Thornton, Seven Days in the Art World (2008)

• David Nahmad
• Ezra Nahmad

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