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L'impressionnisme: Brushes tell it all

Reuters Published January 13, 2011
Artist Pablo Picasso's ?La Lecture? is seen.
Artist Pablo Picasso's ?La Lecture? is seen.
Sotheby art handlers hold artist Pablo Picasso's ?La Lecture?.
Sotheby art handlers hold artist Pablo Picasso's ?La Lecture?.
Artist Francis Bacon's oil on canvas ?Studies for a Portrait of Lucian Freud? is seen at Sotheby's.
Artist Francis Bacon's oil on canvas ?Studies for a Portrait of Lucian Freud? is seen at Sotheby's.
Impressionist art expert David Norman holds artist Lucian Freud's ?Self Portrait?.
Impressionist art expert David Norman holds artist Lucian Freud's ?Self Portrait?.
Impressionist art expert David Norman views Salvador Dali's ?Portrait de Paul Eluard?.
Impressionist art expert David Norman views Salvador Dali's ?Portrait de Paul Eluard?.
Artist Amedeo Modigliani's ?Frans Hellens? is seen.
Artist Amedeo Modigliani's ?Frans Hellens? is seen.

Several fine art masterpieces are seen at Sotheby's before its preview exhibition of highlights from its upcoming London sale of Impressionist Modern and Contemporary art in New York. – Reuters Photos.

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