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Night Cafe - $95.00

The Night Cafe, Vincent Van Gogh, 1888.

This painting was owned at one time by Russian industrialist and aristocrat Ivan Morozov, but was “nationalized” during the communist revolution in 1918. It then allegedly somehow ended up in a New York gallery, where it was purchased in the early 1930s by Stephen Clark, who at various times served as board chairman of MoMA and director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Clark, a Yale alumnus, donated it to the school in 1961, and the painting currently hangs at the Yale University Art Gallery. Yale University recently filed suit to block the claim of a man claiming to be the rightful heir of Morozov. Yale argues, in part, “Invalidating title to the painting would set U.S. courts at odds with the Russian government and cloud title to... at least $20 billion of art in global commerce.” The heir contends that Clark knew the painting’s provenance was tainted, and that Yale is engaged in “art laundering.” The case is currently pending.

Dimensions: 16.25"x12.75"
Size: Large (Standard)
499 pieces
SKU: 1756

Impression, Sunrise - $105.00

by Claude Monet, 1872

The painting from which the entire Impressionist movement was named. It was stolen at gunpoint from the Musée Marmottan in Paris in 1985 but later recovered in Corsica in 1990 and subsequently returned to the museum.

Dimensions: 17.00"x13.75"
Size: Large (Standard)
517 pieces
SKU: 1716

Poppies Near Vetheuil - $95.00

by Claude Monet

This painting was stolen at gunpoint from the Buehrle Collection in Zurich in 2008, and subsequently recovered, although two other masterpieces stolen in the same heist are still missing.

Dimensions: 16.00"x12.75"
Size: Large (Standard)
433 pieces
SKU: 1736