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The Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris Theft
In 2010 a lone burglar removed five paintings — Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Léger, Modigliani — from the Paris Museum of Modern Art. The thief was caught; the paintings never resurfaced.
Elmyr de Hory
Hungarian-born painter who became one of the 20th century's most prolific art forgers, producing hundreds of works passed off as Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, and other modern masters. His story, and the dealers who sold his fakes, was immortalised in Clifford Irving's book 'Fake!' and Orson Welles's film 'F for Fake'. Check out this documentary @ Great Documentaries YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zurHc4itBXg And this Trailer for Orson Welles' "F is For FAKE": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUAwgt2Z-3Y
Woman with a Fan
Modigliani's elegant portrait, the best-known of the five works stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris in 2010.