By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 19:40 EST, 27 September 2012 | UPDATED: 20:32 EST, 27 September 2012 The Renoir painting that caused a sensation when it was bought at a flea market for $7 may have been stolen from a museum six decades ago, and an auction house has put its sale on hold. The planned Saturday auction has been canceled after documents in the Baltimore Museum of Art's library were uncovered which reveal that the painting was on loan there from 1937 until 1951, when it was stolen. The Impressionist painting, whose title translates as 'Landscape on the Banks of the Seine,' was purchased two years ago at a West Virginia flea market.
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Painting was purchased two years ago at a West Virginia flea by a woman who liked the frame
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Her mother convinced her to have an expert check the painting, they revealed it to be an original Renoir
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Uncovered documents reveal it was stolen more than 60 years ago, while on loan to the Baltimore Museum of Art
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Painting was set to be auctioned on Saturday and had been expected to sell  for between $75,000 to $100,000
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FBI now investigating the thief and painting may be returned to BMA
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