Tretyakov Gallery awarded hundreds of art pieces by Moscow court
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The Russian national art gallery can claim a piece of art on behalf of the state if it stays unclaimed in its repository for over five years and only after the museum has exhausted every means of finding its rightful owner.
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Soviet propaganda poster depicting a Russian working-class woman, 1920
On Monday, a Russian Moscow district court awarded the Tretyakov Gallery with 100 art pieces by well-known Russian artists.
The Russian national art gallery can claim a piece of art on behalf of the state if it stays unclaimed in its repository for over five years and only after the museum has exhausted every means of finding its rightful owner.
"The Zamoskvorechye District Court of Moscow has upheld the State Tretyakov Gallery’s claim," a court spokesperson told Sputnik.
The awarded art pieces include a variety of paintings, graphics, and sculptures attributed to famous Russian artists like Isaac Levitan and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin.
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