Art restitution

Gari Melchers's Winter returned to the heirs of the Mosse family

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Gari Melchers's Winter returned to the heirs of the Mosse family
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Winter by Gari Melchers was returned on 15 October to the Mosse Foundation, representing the heirs of Rudolf Mosse's family. The Nazis looted it in Berlin in 1933. The FBI recovered it from the Arkell Museum in September 2019; the museum relinquished its rights. Authorities reported no evidence that collector Bartlett Arkell knew of the unlawful taking.

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