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LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 1, 1976
* Pablo Picasso paintings & drawings
* Spanish painter, sculptor & printmaker
* Palais des Papes in Avignon, France
The front page has a heading that reads: "127 Paintings by Picasso Stolen at French Exhibition" with subhead. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 26 pages, light toning at the central fold, good condition.
AI notes: On January 31, 1976, in one of the largest art thefts in French history, armed thieves struck the Palais des Papes in Avignon, where an exhibition of 118 works by Pablo Picasso—mostly paintings and drawings—was on display; they beat and bound the guards, loaded the artworks into a van, and disappeared with the entire collection in under an hour, crippling what was meant to be a major cultural showcase. French police investigated the case for months, ultimately arresting several suspects after staging a sting by posing as buyers, and the missing Picasso works—thanks in part to the fact that such iconic pieces are virtually impossible to sell openly—were recovered intact about eight months later.
February 01, 1976
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 1, 1976
* Pablo Picasso paintings & drawings
* Spanish painter, sculptor & printmaker
* Palais des Papes in Avignon, France
The front page has a heading that reads: "127 Paintings by Picasso Stolen at French Exhibition" with subhead. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 26 pages, light toning at the central fold, good condition.
AI notes: On January 31, 1976, in one of the largest art thefts in French history, armed thieves struck the Palais des Papes in Avignon, where an exhibition of 118 works by Pablo Picasso—mostly paintings and drawings—was on display; they beat and bound the guards, loaded the artworks into a van, and disappeared with the entire collection in under an hour, crippling what was meant to be a major cultural showcase. French police investigated the case for months, ultimately arresting several suspects after staging a sting by posing as buyers, and the missing Picasso works—thanks in part to the fact that such iconic pieces are virtually impossible to sell openly—were recovered intact about eight months later.
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