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Culture Beloved Marc Chagall painting, stolen in the ’90s, resurfaces at Israeli auction
TEL AVIV (JTA) — “Where’s the Chagall?” asked a visitor to this city’s Gordon Gallery on a January morning in 1996, hoping to glimpse one of the prize lots being auctioned days later by the gallery. The small Marc Chagall painting, titled “Jacob’s Ladder,” was prominently on display; a gallery employee walked the prospective buyer…
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