Word: goetz
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...harried lifetime, Vincent Van Gogh painted some 800 pictures. Was one of them the candlelit, unfinished self-portrait in the collection of Cinemagnate William Goetz? The artist's nephew and Amsterdam Museum Director Jonkheer WJ.H.B. Sandberg thought not (TIME, June 6). On the other hand, Van Gogh Experts Jacob Bart de la Faille and Paul Gachet thought it was. To settle the matter, Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum, which had on display the most comprehensive Van Gogh exhibition ever seen in the U.S., picked a jury of American experts: Museum Men Alfred Barr Jr., James Plaut, George Stout...
After reading the report, Expert de la Faille issued a passionate defense of the picture, which he considers not just a Van Gogh but one of the master's "great works." And Dealer Reeves Lewenthal, who discovered the picture and sold it to Goetz last year, offered to refund its purchase price, reputed to be more than $50,000. Owner Goetz, who still liked the picture, had not yet made up his mind about keeping...
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Dorothy McConnel Mayo, and two daughters, Mrs. Walter Goetz and Mrs. Guy Vincent, all of England...
...bilk him of his find. Finally, last July, after a series of trips to France, Lewenthal managed to get the painting out. In the meantime, he had located a buyer; he sold the Van Gogh, for a price so high that "no one would believe it," to Cinemagnate William Goetz, who insured it for $200,000, took it to California and hung...
...deep-red drapes, in candlelight subtly augmented by spotlights. The first night was an invitation show, intended for 500 closely screened art lovers, from Thomas Mann to Shirley Temple. For the next couple of days, anybody could look at it. Then it would go back to blaze in Mr. Goetz...