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The 1913 painting, “Woman With a Fan”, was one of a number of paintings from the Lewenstein collection to be auctioned in 1940 under unclear circumstances

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Why 🦉 CultureCultureCulture picked: Art Institute of Chicago restitutes Metzinger painting sold in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam

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