The suspense was short-lived. After announcing yesterday that an anonymous donor to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was making “the largest gift of art to LACMA in its history” — including works ...

Picking Peas was painted in 1887 by Camille Pissarro. In 1943, it was confiscated under anti-Semitic laws passed by the collaborationist Vichy government during the German occupation of France.