Court Rules For Matisse’s Heirs And Against Dealer In Case Of Stolen $4.5M Cutouts

“The judgment is a crushing blow to the French expert and dealer Jérôme Le Blay. The court ruled that his company Côté Art had not acted ‘in good faith’ in claiming to own the [two] works,” which were among the Matisse pieces stolen from a storage facility just after the 1989 death of the artist’s son Pierre.