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Warrant Issued Against Former Cleveland Museum Chief
International arrest warrant issued by French authorities accuses Sherman Emery Lee, former Cleveland Museum of Art director, of complicity in illegally exporting a 1648 Nicolas Poussin painting. The work, bought in 1981 for 2.2 million, was said to have remained under museum review and exhibited after purchase. Lee, 66, defends the acquisition as legitimate and cites due process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Emery Lee
Cleveland Museum of Art
Lee
Cléveland Museum
France
Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
Duke University
Jean-Pierre Michau
Nicolas Poussin
Cleveland Museum
Customs Administration
Philippe Bertin-Mourot
Switzerland
Canada