MPS Board votes 6-0 to demand return of paintings; Move should keep artworks out of Connecticut auction

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: March 2, 2005| Author: ALAN J. BORSUK | Copyright information

Give us back those paintings that's the firm message the Milwaukee School Board sent, albeit in more formal terms, to a Connecticut art auctioneer at a special meeting Tuesday.

The message, approved 6-0 after a 90-minute closed session, almost surely will mean that two paintings from Washington High School that are believed to be worth about a half-million dollars will not be auctioned on April 28, as the auctioneer and Washington High officials wanted.

And the strong possibilit...