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BRAZIL-ART-ROBBERY-PORTINARI-PICASSO
Tourists and visitors request information at the entrance of the Museo de Arte de Sao Paulo (MASP) museum in Sao Paulo, Brazil 20 December, 2007. Thieves made off with a Picasso and a highly prized work by a Brazilian artist in a daring dawn robbery of Latin America's most renowned museum here Thursday. The three-man gang stole "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" by Pablo Picasso and "The Coffee Worker" by Brazil's Candido Portinari in a heist just after 5:00 am (0700 GMT) in the Museum of Art of Sao Paulo, a museum spokesman told AFP. Picasso's "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" is a representation of a Belgian opera singer who was a friend and patron to the famed Spanish artist. The 65- by 54-centimeter work was painted in 1904. "The Coffee Worker" ("O Lavrador de Cafe") by Portinari shows a black coffee plantation worker and was painted on a 100- by 81-centimeter canvas in 1939. The artist, known for his neo-realism, is considered one of Brazil's most influential. AFP PHOTO/RENATO LUIZ FERREIRA
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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RENATO LUIZ FERREIRA |
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20 Decembrie 2007 |
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