Compensation agreement keeps Kirchner’s chess scene at Brücke-Museum
Victor Wallerstein’s heirs and Berlin reached a fair-and-just settlement concerning Erich Heckel and Otto Mueller Playing Chess. Compensation allowed the painting to remain at the Brücke-Museum, recognising a persecution-related forced sale.
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