Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation

Summary

Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation is a lawsuit^[1].

Key Facts

• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation is in the country of United States^[2].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's instance of is recorded as lawsuit^[3].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's instance of is recorded as occurrence^[4].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's instance of is recorded as legal case^[5].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's instance of is recorded as judgment^[6].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's instance of is recorded as claim for restitution of an artwork^[7].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's location is recorded as New York City^[8].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's significant event is recorded as judgment^[9].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's main subject is recorded as legal case^[10].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's main subject is recorded as Portrait of Ángel Fernández de Soto^[11].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's main subject is recorded as claim for restitution of an artwork^[12].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's described at URL is recorded as https://archive.is/rHpQK^[13].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's described at URL is recorded as https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/other-courts/2007/2007-52183.html^[14].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's described at URL is recorded as https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/almID/1202503603295/^[15].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's published in is recorded as Justia^[16].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's judge is recorded as Rolando Acosta^[17].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's plaintiff is recorded as Julius H. Schoeps^[18].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's court is recorded as New York Supreme Court^[19].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's copyright status is recorded as public domain^[20].
• Schoeps v Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation's quotation or excerpt is recorded as This action was commenced by Julius H. Scheops, who claims to be an heir of Paul von [*2] Mendelssohn-Barthody ("Mendelssohn-Barthody"), for the restitution of Pablo Picasso's painting The Absinthe Drinker (Angel de Soto), oil on canvas, 69.5 x 55 cms., signed and dated 1903, and now valued at approximately 60 million dollars. The painting is currently owned by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation. According to plaintiff, Mendelssohn-Barthody was a wealthy Berlin banker of Jewish decent who sold the painting to Justin K. Thannhouser, a Berlin art dealer, in Nazi Germany in a duress sale as a proximate and intended consequence of Nazi persecution.^[21].