The museums in Germany and Switzerland intend to display portions of the collection—1,500 works worth an estimated $1 billion—to find clues about their unknown provenance
Tracing the fate of 25,000 volumes lost to the Holocaust
Max Liebermann painting part of massive Munich trove discovered in 2012
The 1921 work, ‘Woman Sitting in an Armchair,’ was found in Munich in 2011
But his agreement to return the art to original owners remains legally binding
Cornelius Gurlitt, who died Tuesday, leaves massive collection of contested art
German recluse Cornelius Gurlitt leaves art trove worth $1.4 billion and no will
Germany recluse’s hidden stash includes work by Monet, Renoir, and Matisse
Munich authorities seem more interested in protecting an art dealer than in returning stolen works to their rightful heirs
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