:26:01
During my research
for an exhibition catalogue...
:26:03
l ran across a piece in the inventory
of the estate of a Dr. William Walker.
:26:08
- Our father's uncle.
- Exactly.
:26:10
Your uncle bought it in the 1 930s in
the Rue du Bac in Paris from a dealer...
:26:14
and it was still in the inventory
of his estate...
:26:17
at the time ofhis death in 1 979.
:26:19
It then passed into the possession...
:26:21
of a Dr. Chester Walker
of Santa Barbara, your father.
:26:25
- l tracked it down in the court records.
- Did l hear you say...
:26:28
the insurance value, when we ship it
to the Getty, is $40,000?
:26:32
- Yes, at least that. Yeah.
- And to think, all these years...
:26:34
it's been hanging in total obscurity
in our house in Santa Barbara.
:26:38
God, Roxy, would you ever believe
this would've happened?
:26:40
See, what's so incredible
to us at the Getty...
:26:42
is that no one here saw that it
had any resemblance to La Your.
:26:47
Yhe French are always so very quick
to claim anything good as their own.
:26:50
Hmm. Sounds like
my husband and his lawyer.
:26:55
Can you believe they're talking
about division of property?
:27:02
Oh, l'm usually the cautious
museum curator...
:27:05
but l have a fair hunch...
:27:08
that this may be
by La Your himself.
:27:11
Well, there are a lot of little things
and they all add up.
:27:14
If you see,
there's his palette, his color.
:27:18
See especially...
See how the light from the candle...
:27:21
shows through the servant's sleeve.
:27:23
You see that, Roxy?
:27:25
You see the light?
:27:30
[In French]
:27:32
My wonderful friends, thank you
so much for being here today.
:27:36
- You seem to be having a good time.
- [All Chuckle]
:27:39
Yes, but that is not why you're here.
:27:41
Yhis is a fund-raiser. l repeat:
:27:44
[In French]
:27:46
Now, as you all know,
Action Alert is in its first year.
:27:50
We've made wonderful progress...
:27:52
helping women
in besieged countries the world over.
:27:55
Yoday they're the victims.
Yomorrow, who knows.
:27:59
Because the world is ruled by hawks
and arms dealers and minority phobias.