"Night Cafe" van Gogh is owned by Yale University in 1961. The picture was presented as a gift to the institution to graduate Stephen Carlton Clark (Stephen Carlton Clark), who bought the painting in one of New York galleries in 1933-1934.

In a statement filed in court on behalf of Yale University, emphasizes that the nationalization carried out in Russia after 1917, did not violate international law. Rights Clarke at the picture, which he presented as a gift, and can not be questioned, said lawyers representing the interests of the university.

Recall that Pierre Konovaloff tried to claim financial compensation from the organizers of the exhibition of paintings from the collections of major Russian museums, held in London. Among the exhibits are paintings from the collections of Morozov and Shchukin, and there was a danger that their heirs, including Konovaloff, will try to impose on them arrest. The exhibition took place only after the United Kingdom has adopted a special law, which protects against the arrest of Russia's paintings.