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How Gustav Klimt’s Unfinished ‘Ria Munk III’ Finally Escaped the Nazis

Lost Masterpiece

When Gustav Klimt died in 1918, he left the Portrait of Ria Munk III unfinished on his easel. With subject and artist both dead, the painting’s dramatic life had only just begun.

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