Storied Sketchbook Surfaces in Athens

ATHENS—A small sketchbook believed to have belonged to Vincent van Gogh has surfaced in Athens, Greece, reports the New York Times. The book contains intricate drawings of figures from The Potato Eaters and Portrait of Pere Tanguy. Doreta Peppa, the daughter of a Greek resistance fighter, has been trying to authenticate the book since she found it in her basement two years ago. It is believed to have been looted by Nazis during their occupation of Greece in World War II. A letter Peppa's father left with the book says that resistance fighters seized it from the Nazis as they left Athens in 1944. Lawyers and art experts have argued that Peppa is now the book's rightful owner.