Last month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law requiring museums in New York to display information about artwork that was stolen by Nazis.
The painting was owned by Jewish businessman Paul Leffmann, who sold the painting for $13,200 in 1938 to a Paris art dealer as he was fleeing Germany, AP reported.
In 2016, Leffmann’s great-grandniece, Laurel Zuckerman, sued the museum for $100 million because the painting was allegedly sold under duress, Reuters reported at the time. A court later dismissed the lawsuit, but Lawrence Kaye, one of the lawyers who represented Zuckerman, told the AP that the Met should still publicly recognize the painting's disputed past.
"I believe the law would cover this piece," Kaye told the AP."It was dismissed on technical grounds and I believe under the broad definition of what this law means under the statute, it should be covered."
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