 In 1953, an exhibition of 89 pieces from Rosenberg's personal and private post-war collection were displayed at MoMA.These included "Nude Reclining by the Sea" (1868) by Gustave Courbet, which was taken on 5 September 1941 by the ERR in a raid on Rosenberg's bank vault in Bordeaux together with another 162 of his paintings.The Courbet was catalogued at the Jeu de Paume in December 1941.