Art: Zizi Does It

Raiding a purse snatcher's hideout, Paris police were startled to find a signed Utrillo hanging on the wall. That started them on the trail of what may be the biggest ring of art forgers in recent years. Last week Paris cops nabbed the artist who forged the Utrillos. She was one Mme. Juliette Claude La Tour—"Zizi" to her Montmartre friends.

Zizi, a middle-aged little lady with brown, shoulder-length hair, was sorry to be caught, but said she was not a bit sorry to stop copying Utrillo. The 63-year-old modern's cool, empty streets thrilled her not...

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