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Looted by Nazis and Recently Restituted, a Kaleidoscopic Kandinsky Painting Just Sold for Nearly $42 Million
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Smithsonian MagazineEN
October 27, 2026

Looted by Nazis and Recently Restituted, a Kaleidoscopic Kandinsky Painting Just Sold for Nearly $42 Million

"Das bunte Leben," the Russian artist's dreamlike panorama, bridges folklore and early modernism. The sale follows a 2023 ruling concluding that the work was seized from its rightful Dutch Jewish owners

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