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Stolen Sketchbook

by martin223 | June 9, 2009 at 09:37 am

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The Fans of Pablo Picasso are now in a bad mood because his famous sketchbook has been stolen from the museum in Paris today.

Thieves stole the sketchbook from an unlocked glass case at the Picasso Museum in the centre of the French capital.

There were no signs of a break-in and the alarm is not thought to have been set off, police said.

Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso was a Spanish painter and a sculptor.

Picasso died in April 1973 in Mougins, France, while he and his wife entertained their friends for dinner. His final words were “Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can’t drink any more.”

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Amy Judd

at 12:06 on June 9th, 2009

I've been to this museum, and although they have some security, I thought it was a bit light when I was there, because it's in a converted villa and there are lots of entry opportunities, although kind of sounds like an inside job.

martin223

at 12:28 on June 9th, 2009

Oh, well, I´m going to visit Paris this summer, so maybe I´ll visit this museum too. But now without this unique Sketchbook.

Roy C

at 13:24 on June 9th, 2009

PIcasso himself used to steal pieces of ancient art that he loved from museums. Ironic.

Amy Judd

at 13:40 on June 9th, 2009

Really? I didn't know that. I love Picasso's work.

Roy C

at 14:18 on June 9th, 2009

Yes, there is a story about how he showed up in Paris at Gertrude Stein's apartment (Stein, the one who famously said of Oakland, Ca, that "there was no there there", with Alice B Toklas, her lover with the famous hashish laced brownies) with a couple of freshly stolen pieces.

I read that he would also pay to have pieces stolen. Mostly ancient stuff. He was the one who really got what was great about ancient art and revived and recreated the influence in his own work, work which we underappreciate because we have all seen his work too often.

I undervalued Picasso. One day I had to teach ESL to a woman who was an art expert. She went through some of his work with me and it really opened my eyes.