French Authorities Seize Russian Avant-Garde Paintings Suspected Stolen from Collector

French court bailiffs seized more than 100 avant-garde works from an art laboratory in Paris in February, following suspicion that they had been stolen from a private collector.As first reported by the Art Newspaper, the international law firm Dentons in Frankfurt claims that the works belong to its client, Uthman Khatib, a businessman and investor of Palestinian origin living in Israel. The collection is estimated to be worth more than €100 million ($1.08 million), and includes paintings a