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The Nazi Soldier Who Stole Tamara de Lempicka’s Famous Female Nudes Portrait

LOST MASTERPIECES

In 1929, Tamara de Lempicka painted ‘Myrto,’ a picture of two naked women reclining on a couch following a tryst. A Nazi soldier saw it, took it, and it has never been seen again.

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