Above, ‘THE PAST IN THE PRESENT’ At 18 years of age Adolf Hitler
submitted the watercolor on the top left as application for the Academy of Fine
Arts in Vienna. He is not admitted. After the 2nd World War the U.S. Army
obtains four watercolors, including ‘Alt Wien’, from the private collection of
Heinrich Hoffmann. Hitler personally gave them to his court photographer
Hoffmann. The army kept them hidden. They were only referred to as ‘The
Watercolors’. In 1985 a long lasting legal battle is waged over these watercolors.
American collector Billy Price who purchased the rights to these works from the
heirs of Hoffmann demands 99 million dollars in damages. The U.S.
Government on the other hand states that it is “(...) entitled to retain Hitler
memorabilia which came into our nation’s possession because we won the war.”
In the end the U.S. Government wins this legal battle and it is decided that the
watercolors are never ever to leave the depot. 157 x 117 cm
Right, ‘DEFACING’ Madonna with Child and donors, Zwolle Defacement 16
June, 1580. 88 x 123 cm
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