After a lengthy legal battle, Maria Altmann has gained possession of five important Klimt paintings originally owned by her family. Seized by Nazis in 1938, the works have never before been seen together in the United States. The masterpieces include two portraits of Ms. Altmann’s aunt, Adele Bloch-Bauer, and three

landscapes.

Bet Tzedek’s Holocaust Services Program filed amicus curiae (”friend of the court”) briefs in support of Mrs. Altmann throughout her legal struggle, including in the U.S. Supreme Court. We are honored to have contributed to the return of the paintings to their

rightful owner.

Gustav Klimt:Five Paintings from the Collection of

Adele and Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer

with

Maria Altmannand

Attorney E. Randol Schoenberg

on

Thursday, May 11, 2006

7:00 p.m. Cocktails and Dessert Reception7:30 p.m. Maria Altmann and E. Randol Schoenberg

8:00 p.m. Private Viewing

LACMA5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Please RSVP to Kathy English at 323-549-5831or kenglish@bettzedek.org

Convenient parking is available for $5.00 per car directly across the main entrance of LACMA in the Spaulding Lot. The Spaulding Lot is located on the Southeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Spaulding Avenue, one block east of Fairfax. Additional parking is also available for $6.00 per car at the Petersen Museum, located on the southeast corner of Wilshire and

Fairfax Ave (entrance on Fairfax).

Bet Tzedek - The House of Justicecordially invites you toa private viewing

Cover image: Gustav Klimt’s “Adele Bloch-Bauer I” (1907) courtesy of LACMA.Estate of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer

Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and made possible through the generosity of The Broad Art Foundation, the Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, Nancy and Dick Riordan, AT&T, Herta and Paul Amir, Kathy and Frank Baxter, The Gordon Family Foundation, Ellen and Andrew Hauptman, the Robert F. Maguire III Family, the Peter Norton Family Foundation, Ted Slavin and Patricia Rubin, Terry and Lionel Bell, Lee and Lawrence Ramer, and the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation. Special support for this exhibition was provided by LACMA's Art

Museum Council.