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atari 2600 · 11.15.2006, 10:27 AM

Ed Pilkington in New York
Wednesday November 15, 2006
The Guardian

Missing ... Children with a Cart by Francisco de Goya
The operation was meticulously planned and had the benefit of pinpoint accurate intelligence. The van was travelling on a circuitous route through the backwater of Scranton in Pennsylvania, well away from the main interstate highway 80 that led to its destination, New York.
The reason for taking the long way round was that inside the vehicle was a 228-year-old painting by the Spanish master Francisco de Goya. It was being carried by a specialist fine art transport firm to Manhattan's Guggenheim museum, where it was to be shown from Friday in the exhibition Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso.

11.15.2006, 10:27 AM	#1
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Ed Pilkington in New York Wednesday November 15, 2006 The Guardian Missing ... Children with a Cart by Francisco de Goya The operation was meticulously planned and had the benefit of pinpoint accurate intelligence. The van was travelling on a circuitous route through the backwater of Scranton in Pennsylvania, well away from the main interstate highway 80 that led to its destination, New York. The reason for taking the long way round was that inside the vehicle was a 228-year-old painting by the Spanish master Francisco de Goya. It was being carried by a specialist fine art transport firm to Manhattan's Guggenheim museum, where it was to be shown from Friday in the exhibition Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso. __________________ Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, 1959. Combine on canvas 81 3/4 x 70 x 24 inches.
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