10 April 2019

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The star of the exhibition is La Liseuse by Corot c. 1845. Its provenance (here) is rather fascinating (and frightful): it was bought by Paul Rosenberg and then seized by Goring, before being returned to Paul Rosenberg in 1948 when Emil Bührle bought it.