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When Karl and Rosi Adler fled the Nazis in 1938 they sold a Pablo Picasso painting to fund their escape. Now, their descendants are suing to get it back.

Alleging the Adler family sale of the masterpiece valued at up to $200 million was made under duress and needed to pay for their escape from the Nazis 2016 America's Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act, compounds museum to return it

Lawsuit claims 1904 'Woman Ironing,' hanging at NY institution since 1978, was sold under duress in 1938; museum insists sale was a 'fair transaction,' says suit is without merit

Jewish heirs sue Guggenheim over Picasso sold to flee Nazis

When Karl and Rosi Adler fled the Nazis in 1938 they sold a Pablo Picasso painting to fund their escape. Now, their descendants are suing to get it back.

Restitution is proving to be a complex and challenging problem for many museums and private collections.....

The heirs of a Jewish family that fled Nazi persecution are demanding the repatriation of a Pablo Picasso painting they once owned now in possession of the

The museum says the 1938 sale of the Picasso was a “fair transaction” and that the recent complaint is “without merit.”