August 16, 2002

9:06 AM

Ever hear about the time Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire were taken in by the police under suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa?
posted by interrobang (3 comments total)

"said he spirited Mona Lisa from the Louvre,
but the writer of Alcools was a spirits lover,
lived in the zone of pure desire,
the great French language versifier!
Guuuuuuy Appollinaire!"
--Les Sans Culottes.
posted by RJ Reynolds at 9:15 AM on August 16, 2002

Les sans Culottes? They look like the merry pranksters hopped up on blue collar clothing.

yeah, heard of this, did not know apollinaire weeped though..."the poet assassinated indeed.

the theft of the 'Duchess of Devonshire' made more of a splash.
posted by clavdivs at 9:38 AM on August 16, 2002

They look like the merry pranksters hopped up on blue collar clothing.

Indeed.
posted by anathema at 10:01 AM on August 16, 2002