Mayor Brings Works by Chagall to Jerusalem
<i> Reuters</i>
JERUSALEM —
Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek returned from a weekend trip to Paris on Monday clutching five suitcases filled with 200 works of art by the late Marc Chagall.
The drawings, sketches and paintings by the Soviet-born Jewish artist had been promised to the Israel Museum by the artist’s daughter, Ida, more than 20 years ago. Kollek acted as courier for the museum, a museum spokesman said.
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