An expressionist masterpiece by Edvard Munch, which a Jewish art expert was forced to sell shortly after Hitler came to power in the 1930s, will be auctioned in London. It is expected to sell for $15-to-$25 million.

The auction of “Dance on the Beach” is the result of an agreement between the heirs of Prof. Curt Glaser, the art dealer, and those of Norwegian shipowner Thomas Olsen, who acquired the painting at a sale in Oslo in 1934 and hid it from the Nazis in a forest barn.

The art was commissioned by Jewish impresario Max Reinhardt as a 12-panel work, which was later divided into component parts. It is the only part of the original in private hands. Nine of the pieces are held in the collection of Berlin’s National Gallery.

Over the past decade, restitution cases involving forced sales as opposed to looting by the Nazis have been recognized by the courts, legitimizing the validity of claims by Jewish heirs.