BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have found a few more art works at the apartment of the late collector Cornelius Gurlitt, including a sculpture apparently by Edgar Degas and another that could be by Auguste Rodin. 
 
 The task force working to identify whether works in the collection were stolen by the Nazis said Thursday the works were never seized by prosecutors and were found by officials securing the estate of Gurlitt, who died in May. 
 
 In 2012, prosecutors impounded more than 1,200 pieces by artists including Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse that Gurlitt had hoarded in his apartment. 
 
 The task force said in a statement that "a small number" of further works was found but declined to elaborate or comment on why they were never previously seized. ||||| Please support our site by enabling javascript to view ads. 
 
 Sculptures thought to be by masters Degas and Rodin have been found in the flat of the late German art collector whose priceless hoard included Nazi-looted works, investigators said Thursday. 
 
 Images of the works, once their origins are verified, will be published in the online inventory www.lostart.de to help trace their rightful owners in case they were once plundered by the Nazis, said the task force in charge of the investigation. 
 
 The sculptures were only recently found in the Munich flat of Cornelius Gurlitt, the reclusive son of a Nazi-era art dealer. Gurlitt died in May at age 81, after the discovery of his vast collection drew worldwide attention last year. 
 
 Before his death, Gurlitt struck an accord with the German government to help track down the rightful owners of pieces in his trove of 1,280 paintings, drawings and sketches, including Jews whose property was stolen or extorted under the Third Reich. 
 
 The works -- including masterpieces by Picasso and Monet -- were seized in early 2012 when they were discovered by chance during a tax evasion probe. 
 
 The latest works, a far smaller find, were only discovered after his death, by Munich probate court officials who were sent to secure Gurlitt's estate, the task force statement said. 
 
 The new find includes "a sculpture that is probably by Edgar Degas and a marble sculpture that, after a first inspection, may be a work of the French artist Auguste Rodin," said the task force. 
 
 Its head, Ingeborg Berggreen-Merkel, promised "thorough research work and a transparent presentation of the new discovery" in the interest of "the victims of Nazi art theft as well as the heirs of Cornelius Gurlitt". 
 
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– German authorities have uncovered a third stash of artwork belonging to the late Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of a Nazi-era art dealer who died in May. An initial stash of paintings, worth $1.3 billion, was discovered in his home, followed by an even more significant hoard in Gurlitt's apartment. Now, investigators tell the AP they've found a few more works at the Munich residence, including "a sculpture that is probably by Edgar Degas and a marble sculpture that, after a first inspection, may be a work of the French artist Auguste Rodin," the task force said in a statement, per the AFP. The latest stash also includes "a small number" of other works, the statement said rather vaguely. The hoard was only discovered after Gurlitt's death, investigators said, though it isn't clear where exactly the works were hidden or why they weren't found at an earlier date. The head of the task force, however, promised "thorough research work and a transparent presentation of the new discovery" in the interest of "the victims of Nazi art theft as well as the heirs of Cornelius Gurlitt." The works will be photographed and their images published in the online inventory set up to help match the art to its rightful owners. Click for more on Gurlitt's fascinating story.