21Dec/070
$50 million Picasso painting gone in 5 Minutes!
Police: Job looks ‘highly professional,’ may have been done for rich collector
updated 1:56 p.m. ET Dec. 20, 2007
SAO PAOLO - Thieves broke into the Sao Paulo Museum of Art and made off with paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari in a brazen heist Thursday morning that lasted just three minutes as recorded by security cameras.
They stole Picasso's "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch," which he painted in 1904 during his Blue Period and is among the most valuable pieces in the museum's collection, said museum spokesman Eduardo Cosomano.
They also took "O Lavrador de Cafe" by Portinari, a major Brazilian artist.


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