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Latin Times
M.B. Mack

'Picasso' Found by Treasure Hunter in Basement Was Lost for Decades Because His Wife Thought It Was Too Ugly to Sell

29th September 1955: Spanish painter Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) in his villa 'La Californie' at Cannes. (Credit: George Stroud/Express/Getty Images)

A painting found by a junk dealer over 60 years ago has been identified by experts as a long-lost work by Pablo Picasso, potentially worth millions of dollars.

Luigi Lo Rosso discovered the Picasso painting in 1962 in the basement of a villa in Capri, Italy. When Rosso brought the artwork back, his wife made the case that it was too ugly to sell. In response, Rosso hung it in his home for nearly 50 years.

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