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Paris art dealer 'forgets' €1.5m picture in taxi | |
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An artwork worth €1.5m ($1.6m; £1.25m) has been found after it was accidentally left in a taxi in Paris. | |
A French art dealer, who has not been identified by police, filed a theft report after forgetting the picture in the cab's boot on Thursday. | |
He reportedly became distracted by a call on his mobile and only noticed he no longer had the picture the next day. | |
The work is Concetto Spaziale (Spatial concept) by Argentina-born Italian artist Lucio Fontana, who died in 1968. | |
The dealer had been making his way to a modern art gallery in Paris's third arrondissement. | The dealer had been making his way to a modern art gallery in Paris's third arrondissement. |
He tried to locate the taxi he had used but was unsuccessful and on Saturday went to police, Le Parisien newspaper reported. | |
But the driver returned the work on Tuesday, AFP news agency quoted police as saying. | |
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Fontana's picture is one of a series of abstracts he made featuring the piercing of the canvas to create an actual dimension of space and using light. | |
The artist became known for founding the spacialist movement, which called for the art world to embrace science and technology, according to the Tate Gallery. | The artist became known for founding the spacialist movement, which called for the art world to embrace science and technology, according to the Tate Gallery. |