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Thursday, 24 July 2014 11:16

Recently Recovered Matisse Painting Goes on View in Venezuela

Henri Matisse's 'Odalisque in Red Pants' has been returned to Venezuela. Henri Matisse's 'Odalisque in Red Pants' has been returned to Venezuela.

A painting by Henri Matisse stolen more than a decade ago in Caracas and later recovered in an FBI sting is on display again in the Venezuelan capital.

The "Odalisque in Red Pants," worth around $3 million, was exhibited Tuesday for the first time in more than a decade at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

It had been replaced with a fake sometime between 1999 and 2002 and it was only in 2003 that Venezuelan authorities realized the original had been stolen.

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