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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Art theft in Zurich

The building holding of the collection of  EG Buehrle
The Emil Bührle Foundation building in Zurich, Switzerland, which contained the stolen paintings Photograph: Walter Bieri/Keystone/AP
'Blossoming Chestnut Branches' by Vincent van Gogh (1890)
Blossoming Chestnut Branches, by Vincent van Gogh (1890) Photograph: Handout/AFP
'Poppies near Vetheuil' by Claude Monet (1879)
Poppies near Vetheuil, by Claude Monet (1879) Photograph: Handout/AFP
Boy in a Red Waistcoat by Francis G Mayer (1894 or 1895)
Boy in the Red Waistcoat, by Paul Cézanne (1894 or 1895) Photograph: Corbis
'Count Lepic and his Daughters' by Edgar Degas (1871)
Count Lepic and his Daughters, by Edgar Degas (1871) Photograph: Handout/AFP
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