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The artwork, Fernand Léger’s Woman and Child (1921) was lent to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art for an exhibition that ended in April 2007. The work was sent back to the Wellesley campus shortly thereafter, but, as the museum was undergoing a renovation, was not removed from its crate. Last November administrators discovered it was missing, and some feared that it had been unintentionally thrown out. The loss did not come to the public’s attention until the Boston Globe reported on it in late August.

Though investigators continue to search for the painting, the museum has also received approximately $3 million from its insurer (last year, the average Léger painting sold for $2.8 million), which has offered a $100,000 reward for the painting.

In a statement to faculty yesterday, H. Kim Bottomly, Wellesley's president, made no mention of the missing Léger. She wrote simply that Mickenberg has resigned to "pursue other opportunities."