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Degas' work stolen
A painting by French impressionist artist Edgar Degas was stolen from a museum in France on 30th Dec., 2009. The painting, named the "The Chorus" was worth $43 million.
The work belonged to the Musee d'Orsay in Paris and had been loaned to Marseille's Cantini museum for an exhibition. The disappearance of this very expensive painting was discovered when the museum opened on 31st Dec.
The work belonged to the Musee d'Orsay in Paris and had been loaned to Marseille's Cantini museum for an exhibition. The disappearance of this very expensive painting was discovered when the museum opened on 31st Dec.
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Permalink Reply by Ramakrishna Yellepeddi on
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Very sad! I had seen another version (smaller size - probably done as prepartion of the final work) of this painting in The Chicago Museum of Fine Art. It is really a beautiful work
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on
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Thanks Pierre for this information. Now the corrected price of the pastel work, "The Chorus," was worth an estimated 800,000 euros ($1.15 million).
Pierre Tavlitzki said:The high price attributed to the stolen artwork had been invented by stupid journalists. Reuters (and others) have now corrected the information. Here is the link to Reuters' release. -
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