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Expressionist masterpiece sells for $21 million in Berlin; Hitler's regime targeted painter as a 'degenerate' and removed his work from museums

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Poland's culture authorities said Thursday a painting by Wassily Kandinsky that was auctioned in Germany for almost 390,000 euros

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BERLIN (Reuters) - A striking self-portrait created by artist Max Beckmann during World War Two after he fled Nazi Germany was sold for 23.2 million e...

The auctioneers, in Berlin, had estimated that "Self-portrait in yellow-pink," painted in 1943, would attract bids of between 20 million and 30 million euros.

Polands culture authorities said Thursday a painting by Wassily Kandinsky that was auctioned in Germany for almost 390,000 euros belongs to Poland, where it was stolen in 1984.

A rare and remarkable self-portrait by the 20th-century German expressionist Max Beckmann has sold in Berlin for €20m (£17m), breaking the record for a work of art sold at auction in Germany.

Pink-Yellow portrait by expressionist artist Max Beckmann breaks German Art Auction record in Berlin.

A work by Kandinsky, which the Polish government alleges was stolen, was also included in the sale.

During the pandemic, curators at the Frick Gallery paired drinks with art in a YouTube series. Now they’ve done the same in a book.