"Since recovering the paintings, my family and I have focused our efforts
on arranging exhibitions in Los Angeles and New York in order to share
these beautiful works and their powerful story," said the Bloch-Bauer's
90-year-old niece Maria Altmann. "Our family has now made the
decision to part with them."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5257334.stm

So it really was about money all along. If their intentions were any
different, they would have arranged exhibitions in Denver, Dallas,
Seattle, Chicago, Minneapolis, Cleveland, and a few other cities.


Pete