One hundred and sixty-one prints by Picasso have arrived in the
Chinese capital and will be put on a two-month show in the modern
arts hall of the China Centenary Altar beginning on December 13.
It
will be the largest Picasso's painting exhibition that Beijing has
ever held, said Shi Jingsheng, an official with the Beijing Gehua
Culture Development Group.
All the prints belong to a private collector in France, Shi said,
adding that they were borrowed by a French museum for an exhibition
tour in China.
The prints were drawn by the great artist during the period of
1942-68, when he was living in France.
The exhibition is jointly sponsored by the group, the French museum
and the altar.
(Xinhua News
Agency December 1, 2001)