- Tres Personajes
Tres Personajes, second version (English: Three People) was painted by
Rufino Tamayo in 1970. It was purchased by an anonymousHouston , Texas resident for $55,000 in 1977 as a gift for his wife. It was stolen from a storage warehouse in 1987, but was found in the trash in November, 2003 by New York resident Elizabeth Gibson, who received $15,000 USD as a reward for returning the painting, as well as a portion of the proceeds of its auction bySotheby's in November 2007. [cite news|author=ULA ILNYTZKY|publisher=Associated Press|title=Painting found in trash could fetch $1M|date=24 October 2007|url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/artandlife/1404AP_Trash_Treasure.html] [cite news|author=Charlotte Higgins|publisher=The Guardian|title=Stolen masterpiece found on New York street|date=24 October 2007|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2197779,00.html] [cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/11/21/national/a065007S04.DTL&tsp=1|title=Painting Found in Trash Sells for $1M|date=November 21, 2007|author=Associated Press|accessdate=2007-11-21] [cite news|accessdate=2007-11-21|publisher=Houston Chronicle|title=Finding Tamayo painting was result of fate|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/entertainment/5266414.html|date= November 6, 2007|author=Lisa Gray]References
External links
* [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article2726631.ece How a ‘skip-rat’ managed to turn rubbish into a $1m work of art, "The Times (UK)"]
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