Continuing our discussion of cultural loss due to war/conflict...

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has Gustav Klimt’s Adele Bloch-Bauer II on view. This portrait was taken by the Nazi Party from the Bloch-Bauer family collection. The family was able to take possession of the work in 2006 after years of legal battles.

Read more about the provenance of the painting here

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