The Gutmann heirs claimed that the appearance of a notorious German art dealer, Hans Wendland, in the painting's ownership record should have raised a red flag.
Nor does it help that Jamie is so withdrawn as to be downright dull. (Nothing is harder to write than an interesting play about a dull person.) The biggest problem of all is the ending, which feels contrived rather than earned, just as Mark Wendland's picture-puzzle set is too explicitly symbolic of the play's theme.