Another art heist in Paris nets robber an $11 million sketchbook.
PARIS – Sometime Monday and Tuesday morning, in Paris' old Marais neighborhood, at the Picasso Museum, A red notebook of 33 pencil drawings by Pablo Picasso was stolen from a specially locked glass case.
The item was removed from a glass case that "can only be opened with a specific instrument," the Culture Ministry said.
A police official confirmed that there was no surveillance system in the room where the notebook was displayed.
The stolen shiny, red sketchbook with the word "Album" inscribed in gold on the front, dated from 1917 to 1924 and is believed to be worth 8 million euros (11 million USD). The book measures 6.3 inches by 9.5 inches (16 by 24 centimeters).
The Picasso Museum, is dedicated to the Spanish-born painter, a founder of the Cubist movement and leading 20th-century artist.
Source: The Associated Press




Picasso sketchbook stolen from Paris museum