Van Gogh painting stolen from Rothschild by Nazis sells for $35.9m.
The painting had been purchased by Max Meirowsky, a German Jewish art collector, in 1913.
"Wheatstacks," a Van Gogh watercolor stolen by the Nazis, was sold at auction by Christie's in New York Thursday for $35.9 million.(photo credit: Christie's/JTA)BySHIRA HANAU/JTA