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Kloeble said investigators "think it's unlikely that any more paintings were stored elsewhere" by the suspect.
Meike Hoffmann, an expert on "degenerate art" at Berlin's Free University who is helping the investigation, presented pictures of a selection of works from the collection.
They included a painting by Chagall that Hoffmann said isn't included in lists of the artist's work.
"These cases are, of course, of particularly high art history significance for researchers," she said. Experts haven't yet been able to determine where the Chagall came from, she added, describing the research as "very, very difficult."
Hoffmann also presented an unlisted painting by Henri Matisse, apparently dating back to the 1920s.
"When you stand in front of the works, see the ones that were long thought to have been lost or destroyed and in a relatively good state -- some of them dirty but not damaged -- you have an incredible feeling of happiness," Hoffmann said
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