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US court rules for Stern estate in Winterhalter restitution case

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Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Girl from the Sabine Mountains. Max Stern Art Restitution Project.
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Concordia reported a federal judge’s December 2007 ruling treating the Nazi-era sale of Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s Girl from the Sabine Mountains as a forced sale. The January 2008 report records the decision in favour of Max Stern’s estate.

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