Louisiana
A Black Art Dealer Lent Paintings to a Museum. His Heirs Want Them Back.
Dozens of artworks owned by Marshall Marcell have spent the past century with the Louisiana State Museum.
In its founding years in the early 20th century, the Louisiana State Museum borrowed dozens of artworks from Marshall Marcell, a successful African American art dealer in New Orleans, to hang on its almost empty walls. More than a century later, Marc... [637 chars]