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Impression, Sunrise

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The painting that gave Impressionism its name, stolen at gunpoint from the Marmottan in 1985 and recovered in Corsica in 1990.

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Artist
Claude Monet
Created
1872
Medium
Oil on canvas
Status
Recovered
Value
Priceless
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