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| Nazi loot probe: More art found at Gurlitt Austria home | Nazi loot probe: More art found at Gurlitt Austria home |
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| Dozens more art works have emerged at the Austrian home of Cornelius Gurlitt, the German collector found in 2012 with hundreds of paintings believed stolen by the Nazis. | |
| The latest finds in Salzburg include paintings by Renoir, Monet and Picasso. | The latest finds in Salzburg include paintings by Renoir, Monet and Picasso. |
| A spokesman for Mr Gurlitt, who is in his eighties, said experts were examining the works to see if they were stolen during the Nazi era. | A spokesman for Mr Gurlitt, who is in his eighties, said experts were examining the works to see if they were stolen during the Nazi era. |
| "After an initial assessment that suspicion is not confirmed," he said. | "After an initial assessment that suspicion is not confirmed," he said. |
| More than 1,400 art works estimated to be worth $1.35bn (£846m), were discovered in Mr Gurlitt's apartment in Munich in March 2012. But details of the find only came to light last year, apparently during a routine tax inspection. | |
| Hundreds of the paintings were believed to have been looted by the Nazis. Mr Gurlitt's late father Hildebrand was a Nazi-era art dealer but kept many of the works himself. | |
| A lawyer, Christoph Edel, who is acting as supervisor for Mr Gurlitt, has arranged for the works found at the collector's Salzburg home to be secured from any break-in or theft, German news agency DPA reports. |