Stolen Gauguin on Sicily kitchen wall for 40 years
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="Paul">Paul</span> <span word="Gauguin">Gauguin</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="stolen">stolen</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="wealthy">wealthy</span> <span word="collector">collector</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="recovered">recovered</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="hanging">hanging</span> <span word="for">for</span> 40 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Sicilian">Sicilian</span> <span word="autoworker">autoworker</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="kitchen">kitchen</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="worker">worker</span> <span word="bought">bought</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="painting">painting</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="lesser">lesser</span> <span word="value">value</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="artist">artist</span>, <span word="Pierre">Pierre</span> <span word="Bonnard">Bonnard</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="about">about</span> $100 <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> 1975 <span word="Italian">Italian</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="railway">railway</span> <span word="auction">auction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="unclaimed">unclaimed</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="items">items</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Major">Major</span> <span word="Massimiliano">Massimiliano</span> <span word="Quagliarella">Quagliarella</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="paramilitary">paramilitary</span> <span word="Carabinieri">Carabinieri</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="theft">theft</span> <span word="squad">squad</span>.</p><p><span word="Italian">Italian</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="life">life</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="range">range</span> <span word="from">from</span> 10 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="Euros">Euros</span> ($14 <span word="million">million</span>) <span word="to">to</span> 30 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="Euros">Euros</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="painting">painting</span>, <span word="showing">showing</span> <span word="fruit">fruit</span>, <span word="seemed">seemed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fit">fit</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="dining">dining</span> <span word="room">room</span> <span word="decor">decor</span>," <span word="Quagliarella">Quagliarella</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="now">now</span>-<span word="retired">retired</span> <span word="autoworker">autoworker</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="choice">choice</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="placement">placement</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="kitchen">kitchen</span>, <span word="first">first</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Turin">Turin</span>, <span word="then">then</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Sicily">Sicily</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="painting">painting</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> "<span word="traveled">traveled</span>" <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Paris">Paris</span>-<span word="to">to</span>-<span word="Turin">Turin</span> <span word="train">train</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="railway">railway</span> <span word="personnel">personnel</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lost">lost</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="found">found</span> <span word="depot">depot</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="General">General</span> <span word="Mariano">Mariano</span> <span word="Mossa">Mossa</span>. <span word="After">After</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="autoworker">autoworker</span> <span word="retired">retired</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Sicily">Sicily</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="man">man</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="son">son</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="studied">studied</span> <span word="architecture">architecture</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="university">university</span>, <span word="noticed">noticed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="telling">telling</span> <span word="detail">detail</span>: <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dog">dog</span> <span word="curled">curled</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="corner">corner</span>.</p><p><span word="Dogs">Dogs</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="signature">signature</span> <span word="motif">motif</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Gauguin">Gauguin</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="work">work</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="man">man</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="son">son</span> <span word="contacted">contacted</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="expert">expert</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="evaluation">evaluation</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="expert">expert</span> <span word="concluded">concluded</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Gauguin">Gauguin</span> <span word="painting">painting</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="contacted">contacted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Carabinieri">Carabinieri</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="division">division</span> <span word="dedicated">dedicated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="recovering">recovering</span> <span word="stolen">stolen</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="trafficked">trafficked</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="artifacts">artifacts</span>.</p>
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