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10 June 2009
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© Succession Picasso 2009 |
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A sketchbook of original drawings by Pablo Picasso was stolen from the Picasso Museum in Paris between 8 and 9 June 2009.
Dating from 1917–1924, the sketchbook has a red cover with the inscription 'Album' in gilt letters. At 16 x 24 cm, the sketchbook contains 33 pencil drawings by Picasso, of which four are on back pages.
Anyone with information about the theft or the whereabouts of the sketchbook is asked to contact the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in France (ref: BCN/OCBC/FLN/T30224) and the INTERPOL General Secretariat (ref: WOA 2009/17604).