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Forgotten in French Customs for Decades, a Chagall Finds New Home in Museum Near Swiss Border
French customs on the border with Switzerland donated an artwork by Marc Chagall to a nearby museum, which it had seized 20 years ago and then forgotten.
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French customs on the border with Switzerland donated an artwork by Marc Chagall to a nearby museum, which it had seized 20 years ago and then forgotten.
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According to ARTnews’s linked report, Forgotten in French Customs for Decades, a Chagall Finds New Home in Museum Near Swiss Border, French customs on the border with Switzerland donated an artwork by Marc Chagall to a nearby museum, which it had seized 20 years ago and then forgotten.
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