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Since 1921 Jack R. Hunter and another well-known
American collector of Fechin's works, William S. Stimmel, had been working to prepare Fechin's move to America. It was Hunter who played the main role in obtaining the necessary documents for the Fechin family's entry into the United States. Thanks to
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At the end of April 2017 the Moscow
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Russians was then 5000 peoples in a year. In addition, the United States did not recognize Soviet Russia and an American visa could not be placed on the Fechin's Soviet passport. With the assistance of Hunter, an exit was organized through Riga. Fechin had the necessary
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Jack R. Hunter worked as an employee of a major insurance company in
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appeared in the art market and was put up for sale by one of the galleries in New Mexico (US). In 2016 the portrait was purchased by Mrs. Elena
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to China. The undeclared picture had been hidden by
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carried out an examination of the painting, which confirmed the authorship of N. Fechin. On September 3, 2016 Elena Bukhtina was detained by customs officers at
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