[CPProt.net] Renoir painting stolen from Paris auction houseTajan

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 Renoir painting stolen from Paris auction house Tajan

Wed Mar 30, 1:42 PM ET 


PARIS (AFP) - A painting by the French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir,
valued at about 200,000 euros (260,000 dollars), has been stolen from the
famous auction house Tajan in Paris, police said. 

The auction house informed the police of the missing painting on Tuesday. 
The theft of the artwork, entitled "Tete de fillette" (Head of a little
girl), happened while it was displayed in a room of the auction house and
not by breaking and entering the premises as police first reported. 
Police did not indicate what day the painting disappeared only saying that
it was recently. 

The painting, which belongs to a lawyer, was supposed to be sold on Thursday
in Paris. 

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