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An independent German commission is recommending the restitution of a painting by Wassily Kandinsky currently owned by the Bavarian state bank to the heirs of a Jewish family that the
BERLIN (AP) An independent German commission on Tuesday recommended that a painting by Wassily Kandinsky currently owned by the Bavarian state bank be returned to the heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned the piece of art. The commission can be called on in cases of disputes over the restitution of Nazi-confiscated cultural property, especially Jewish property. In the case of the heirs of Hedwig Lewenstein Weyermann and Irma.
Kandinsky's 'The Colorful Life' was loaned by Lewenstein family to Stedelijk Museum, but put up for auction shortly after Nazi occupation of Netherlands