In its founding years, the Louisiana State Museum borrowed artworks from Marshall Marcell, an African American dealer. Now, his descendants seek their return, believing they were unjustly treated.
Lauren Nile, Marcell's great-granddaughter, expressed a long-standing family hope to reclaim these artworks, a sentiment rooted in a history of perceived injustice over the family's original compensation.
Museum officials, acknowledging a historical injustice, admit Marcell's family likely wasn't compensated fairly for the artworks, indicating a shift in contemporary museum practices regarding art acquisition.
Richard Anthony Lewis, a museum successor, recognized the need to address past inequities, stating during a conference that the treatment of Marcell's family fits the definition of historical injustice.
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