The ###### was no bigger than ###### paperback, but it attracted ###### from all over the ######. It was a Renoir, ###### all. Then suddenly, Wainstein ###### off the auction.

Loaned To Museum, Then Stolen

A ###### Post reporter was curious ###### the painting's history and ###### early owner's ties to ###### Baltimore Museum of Art. ###### found an entry for ###### in a museum catalog. ###### officials were surprised to ###### it had once hung ###### their galleries. They were ###### more shocked when they ###### that the painting had ###### stolen in 1951.
The ###### seized the painting.]]> Now it is ###### to a judge to ###### who owns the painting.
"###### couldn't have made it ###### any better," Wainstein said. ###### are due by Tuesday. ###### Baltimore Museum of Art ###### expected to make a ###### for ownership.
The 1926 ###### was Saidie May. She ###### a wealthy and generous ###### art collector. May donated ###### of pieces to the ######.
The Renoir was on ###### to the museum when ###### was stolen. Washington Post ###### Ian Shapira discovered that ###### painting was listed in ###### catalog of art that ###### on loan.]]>