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List of artworks with contested provenance
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<p>Throughout the world, there are many works of art that have a contested <a href="/facts/Provenance/sxcgEXTH">provenance</a>. This may be due to theft, lost documentation, <a href="/facts/Looted_art/6gUUDId5">looting</a>, or just information lost to antiquity. In some cases, just the previous or current ownership of the work is disputed, but in other cases the <a href="/facts/Authenticity_in_art/rrdN1Ucr">authenticity</a> of the work itself may be thought to be a <a href="/facts/Art_forgery/3IW4N2LU">forgery</a>. During World War II, <a href="/facts/Nazi_plunder/TYlnzX1Q">Nazis stole</a> many works of art from Jewish families, or looted them from cities in the war. </p>