Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Matisse Red Pants: Recovered and Returned

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Venezuelan authorities hold the package  containing Henri Matisse's painting 
Odalisque in Red Pants upon its arrival in Caracas  from the US.

The painting... stolen more than a decade ago from 
the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas
 and later recovered in an FBI sting, 
was turned over on Monday 
to Venezuelan authorities. 

AFP PHOTO/Leo Ramirez



 


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12 comments:

  1. Is that man laughing or crying?

    Call me Matt Can Du.

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    1. I do not know the answer but I do know
      that that is a very good question.

      Call me Sometimes Can Du.

      Delete
  2. Mais les odalesques dans pantaloons rouge sont ici!

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  3. Les olalesques sont beaucoup et partout
    Olalesquesses, olala, odolli

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  4. Methinks the 1st, 2nd, and 5th Anonymistas
    do be related to the late great Ike Can Du.

    Methinks Anonymistas #3 and #4 do be related
    to Jean Cocteau, Mrs. CarPeo, and Lewis Carroll,
    who once said "Odalisques are ooh la la!"

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    1. Close but no candy, Mr. WrongBoy.

      That quote is not from Lewis Carroll.
      It is from Jerry Lewis.

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    2. If I weren't sitting down, I would say
      "I stand corrected!"

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    3. Oh! Da mask!

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  5. Ah, de fun! Oh! Da mask! Oh! Da pun!
    All written with such ease
    But the final word is...
    THANK YOU, MATISSE!

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