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Justice orders restitution of Derains in Gimpel case

Published on , by La Gazette Drouot

The Court of Appeal of Paris ordered the restitution to the heirs of the merchant René Gimpel of the three landscapes by Derain that the museums of Troyes and Marseille refused to return, noting "the presence of serious, precise and concordant indications" of a forced sale during the Occupation.