Stolen Picasso Painting Recovered During Paris Drug Raid
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Richard Whiddington
Summary
French police recovered a stolen Pablo Picasso painting during a drug trafficking raid in the southeastern suburbs of Paris. The painting, authenticated but not publicly named, is from Picasso's series of portraits of Marie-Thérèse Walter, his model and lover from the 1920s-1930s. Valued at "tens of millions of euros," the artwork belonged to a woman from Singapore. The discovery occurred during a broader drug bust operation.
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· 1 pulledAlliance Police Nationale, a French police union, told the newspaper Le Parisien that the work was worth 'tens of millions of euros' and belonged to a woman from Singapore.
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