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Statute
Oklahoma HR 1026 (May 22, 2015), Resolution directing the University of Oklahoma and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art to conduct provenance research on certain objects; distribution.
Citation
Oklahoma HR 1026 (May 22, 2015), Resolution directing the University of Oklahoma and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art to conduct provenance research on certain objects; distribution.
Summary
A resolution "directing the University of Oklahoma and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art to conduct provenance research on objects in the collection and prior to acquisition of certain objects; directing certain resolution regarding objects unlawfully appropriated during the Nazi era; and directing distribution."
The resolution was passed specifcially in response to the case of Léone Meyer, a French-Jewish woman suing the University of Oklahoma for the return of a Pissarro painting looted from her family by the Nazis and currently held by the University's Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.
The resolution was passed specifcially in response to the case of Léone Meyer, a French-Jewish woman suing the University of Oklahoma for the return of a Pissarro painting looted from her family by the Nazis and currently held by the University's Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.
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