A red Picasso sketchbook disappears from the Paris museum
A notebook containing 33 pencil drawings by Pablo Picasso disappeared from the Musée Picasso in Paris during the night of 8–9 June 2009. The red, 16-by-24cm album contained drawings dated 1917–1924 and was then valued at €8 million. Le Journal des Arts reported the theft during museum renovation work; its report did not announce a recovery or identify a convicted offender.
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