Picasso sketchbook vanishes from locked case in Paris

struggle4progress

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Tue Jun-09-09 09:36 PM
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Picasso sketchbook vanishes from locked case in Paris

Source: CNN

PARIS, France (CNN) -- A Pablo Picasso sketchbook with 33 pencil drawings disappeared from a locked glass case in a museum in Paris overnight, the French Ministry of Culture announced Tuesday ...

The sketchbook was discovered missing from the Picasso Museum in Paris overnight ....

The sketchbook has a red varnished cover with the word "Album" inscribed on it in gold lettering, and measures 16 centimeters by 24 centimeters (6 inches by 9 inches).

Picasso used the sketchbook between 1917 and 1924 when he was in his late 30s and early 40s ...

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/09/france.stolen.picasso/

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LiberalFighter

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Tue Jun-09-09 11:40 PM
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1. Was Bush in Paris when it went missing?

It was probably one of those 'books' he planned to read.

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Trocadero

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Wed Jun-10-09 01:01 AM
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2. Where is Thomas Crown?

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opihimoimoi

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Wed Jun-10-09 03:07 AM
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3. The Pink Panther strikes again....?

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comtec

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Wed Jun-10-09 03:20 AM
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4. Lupin III STRIKES!!!

The Pink Panther is a wimp!

hee hee =]

Seriously tho, what is it 1977?

I would think Picasso's sketch book would demand a little more security than was obviously in place.

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opihimoimoi

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Wed Jun-10-09 03:24 AM
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6. What the hell kind of security did they have??? Obviously a flawed one...

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comtec

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Wed Jun-10-09 03:29 AM
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7. Fujuko user her feminine wiles ;)

can't trust those male security guards!

this is just a weird story, I bet the real story is even MORE interesting!

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Wed Jun-10-09 03:33 AM
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8. LOL...ALWAYS IS.....

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Wed Jun-10-09 03:24 AM
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5. Hey Sinnerman, where you gonna run to?

Edited on Wed Jun-10-09 03:25 AM by alcibiades_mystery

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Wed Jun-10-09 04:42 AM
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10. Call in Banacek! Seriously though...

Edited on Wed Jun-10-09 04:43 AM by WePurrsevere

it would be interesting to find out exactly what happened and how. Hopefully they'll find who did it and the get the sketchbook back.. it would be a sad loss to the art world if not.

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damntexdem

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Wed Jun-10-09 01:29 PM
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11. Schrodinger's case?

When the case was opened, the sketchbook resolved into the state of nonexistence in the case?

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