Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Picasso works stolen from granddaughter - Yahoo! News

Picasso works stolen from granddaughter - Yahoo! News:
"The paintings, 'Maya and the Doll' and 'Portrait of Jacqueline' by Picasso -- worth a total of nearly $66 million -- were stolen from the artist's granddaughter's house in Paris overnight Monday to Tuesday.

The Art Loss Register, which maintains the world's largest database on stolen, missing and looted art, currently lists 444 missing Picasso pieces, including paintings, lithographs, drawings and ceramics. Among recent missing Picassos reported to the register was the theft of an abstract watercolor stolen in Mexico."