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A masterwork goes missing

Wellesley College museum's cherished Leger is lost, and the crate that held it may have been trashed

The insurance payout for ''Woman and Child'' wasn't revealed, but Leger's work fetches an average $2.8 million. The insurance payout for ''Woman and Child'' wasn't revealed, but Leger's work fetches an average $2.8 million.
By Geoff Edgers
Globe Staff / August 27, 2008

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A prized 1921 painting by the French cubist Fernand Leger has been lost - perhaps unintentionally thrown out - by Wellesley College's Davis Museum and Cultural Center. (Full article: 1037 words)

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