29.11.10

271 picasso paintings


I heard on the news this morning that a retired French electrician, Pierre Le Guennec, who worked for the famed artist, Pablo Picasso, over 40 years ago in his Cote d'Azur home, is in possession of 271 unknown works by Picasso.  The works in question appear to come from Picasso's Blue Period (1900-1932).  Although it's estimated that Picasso created over 20,000 paintings in his career, many which remain unknown, the Picasso's Estate is looking into how Mr. Le Guennec came across so many paintings.  Initial suspicion is that the works were stolen.  Regardless how this story unfolds, it will be very interesting to see the paintings once they are revealed!


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