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The Art Institute of Chicago, responding to allegations by New York prosecutors, says it's 'factually unsupported and wrong' that Egon Schiele's 'Russian War Prisoner' was looted by Nazis from the original owner's heirs.
In a filing this week, the museum disputes the Manhattan District Attorney’s claim that the painting was taken from the Austrian cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum by the Nazis
The Art Institute of Chicago in a 132-page court filing rejected the assertion by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s office that an Egon Schiele drawing in its possession had been looted by Nazis.