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Poland Gains Restitution of 19th C Work

July 28, 2011 by Marion Maneker

The Guardian reports on the recent return of a Polish painting to the National Museum 67 years after it was removed in the waning days of the German occupation:

Aleksander Gierymski’s Jewish Woman Selling Oranges was unveiled in Poland on Wednesday by culture minister Bogdan Zdrojewski, who said the return came after many months of negotiations with lawyers representing a German who had possessed it for more than 30 years.

“During those long months, my main thought was to have this picture returned to Poland,” Zdrojewski said.

The work – sometimes referred to as the Orange Vendor – dates from 1880-1881 and is one of several Gierymski works showing Jewish life in poor parts of Warsaw.

Polish painting returned to Warsaw after 67 years on missing list (Guardian)

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