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Greek Statue Controversy: Who Owns The Getty Bronze?

Billionaire J. Paul Getty was an art collector throughout his life. He founded the Getty Museum in Los Angeles in 1974, and when he died in 1982 he left the bulk of his estate to the Museum. That legacy instantly created the richest art museum in the world.

The Museum used its wealth to quickly amass a huge art collection. Price seemed to be no object, because the nonprofit museum saw that its investments were generating massive amounts of cash. Art dealers set their sights on the Museum as their most favored customer, even if they couldn't always demonstrate clear title to the works being offered for sale.

Title to antique art can often be a cloudy issue. Works created during the ancient Greek and Roman empires often lay buried for many centuries before being accidentally discovered. When they're found, the original owners have, of course, been gone for hundreds of years. You'd think that would make it a simple case of "finders keepers," but it's not that simple.

The governments of the countries involved know that their art history is an important part of their cultural heritage. It's also one of the main things that attracts tourists. Those reasons, combined with some notorious examples of classic works being spirited away in the dead of night, have caused those countries to pass laws limiting the export of ancient art.

In recent years, the Getty Museum has been forced to return dozens of pieces of art. And, in this case, it appears that J. Paul Getty himself may have been aware of legal problems even before the Getty Bronze was acquired.

The Getty Bronze is a bronze Greek sculpture created approximately 200 BC. It shows a victorious youth standing with a laurel wreath around his head. It was discovered in 1964 by Italian fishermen who accidentally snagged it in their nets. Apparently knowing that they couldn't simply sell the statue to the highest bidder, they hid the statue in a bathtub, and later in a garden, until they were able to find a buyer on the underground market.

The Getty Museum acquired to piece in 1977. At the time, the Museum said that it had investigated and determined that it had the legal right to purchase the piece. But the government of Italy soon claimed that the piece had been exported illegally. They demanded its return.

The Getty Museum and the Italian government have been in a court battle for several years. However this case has been complicated in the last few days by the discovery of a letter from J. Paul Getty's art consultant dated 1972. In the letter, the consultant tells J. Paul Getty that it's likely the piece cannot be legally purchased.

The letter appears to undercut the Museum's argument that it acquired piece legally, and that if something untoward to happen the Museum didn't know about it. The Italian government is now pressing a claim that the Museum knew, or should have known, that the statue was not eligible for export from Italy.

Art collectors can learn two lessons from this situation. The first lesson is that it's always important to establish provenance for any piece you are considering. The second lesson is that you may never be able to establish clear title, even if you attempt to do everything right.

Some collectors have turned to museum quality reproductions of Greek statues as a way to enjoy the art of collecting while avoiding the risk of later discovering that they don't own what they think they own. Other collectors severely limit their activity, leaving the riskier transactions to people with deeper pockets.

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