$12,400 for a Picasso seems pretty cheap, but obviously it wasn't a well-known piece. Perhaps it is one of those pictured above.
Posted on 02/14/2003 7:32:27 AM PST by Mr. Mulliner
Feb 14, 2003
Picasso Work Stolen From Art Festival in Madrid
The Associated Press
MADRID, Spain (AP) - A ceramic plate with a bullfighting motif painted by Pablo Picasso in 1949 has been stolen from an art show in Madrid.
The 10-inch, blue and white plate disappeared two hours after the weeklong international ARCO art festival opened to the public Thursday, director Rosina Gomez-Baez said
The piece was for sale for $12,400 and was displayed on a low shelf with other Picasso ceramic pieces at a stand representing the Bonn, Germany-based gallery Pudelko.
Security guards checked people leaving the Madrid convention center where the show was being held but did not find the plate.
The theft was the first Gomez-Baez knew of in the festival's 22-year history.
The festival features works by nearly 277 galleries from 30 countries.
AP-ES-02-14-03 0936EST
$12,400 for a Picasso seems pretty cheap, but obviously it wasn't a well-known piece. Perhaps it is one of those pictured above.
| Picasso... what a scammer. Anyone who calls that ART needs their head examined. He "painted" over 300,000 paintings in his lifetime. Do the math. Exactly how much quality can you purchase when it only takes five minutes to make a painting. He became famous for a number of reasons. One of which was his ability to dupe intellectual wanna-be's. Stolen...heh? LOL! . |
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