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abstract painting
Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007

Open quoteI know nothing of modern art but it didn't seem right for any piece of art to be discarded like that.Close quote

  • ELIZABETH GIBSON
  • New Yorker who found a painting in a pile of trash in 2003 that turned out to be a stolen work by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo. It sold yesterday at auction for $1 million
Photo: Sotheby's / AP | Source: BBC