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French Family Seeks Painting in Texas Museum (English)
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HOUSTON — A Matisse painting acquired a half-century ago by a Texas family may have been among hundreds of works stolen by Nazis from a French art collector.The 11 heirs of Alphonse Kann are tracing the chain of ownership for the 1907 oil-on-canvas landscape, “La Riviere aux Aloes” (Brook With Aloes), by Henri Matisse. It has been on display in Houston’s Menil Collection since 1993.Francis Warin of Paris, Kann’s great-nephew, contacted the museum in a letter last July.“We are doing research on the piece, as is Warin,” Menil director Ned Rifkin told the Houston Chronicle for a story published Friday. “We want to do what is right and best, and we will.” (English)