Second Stolen Picasso Recovered in Brazil

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Published: August 19, 2008

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SAO PAULO—Brazilian police have recovered the second of two Pablo Picasso works stolen from São Paulo's Pinacoteca do Estado museum on June 12, reports Bloomberg via Folha Online.

The etching Minotaur, Drinker and Women was found in western São Paulo. The other work, The Artist and His Model, was found in July, while two other paintings also grabbed in the heist were recovered August 6. According to the state secretary of culture, the four works are valued at a total of 1 million reals ($613,000).

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