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Staggering Picasso trove turns up in France<\/h1>\n

By JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press\u00a0<\/cite>\u2013\u00a0Mon\u00a0Nov\u00a029, 6:20\u00a0pm\u00a0ET<\/abbr><\/p>\n

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PARIS \u2013\u00a0Pablo\u00a0<\/span>Picasso<\/span><\/font><\/a>\u00a0almost never stopped creating, leaving thousands of drawings, paintings and sculptures that lure crowds to museums and mansions worldwide. Now, a retired electrician says that 271 of the master’s creations have been sitting for decades in his garage.<\/p>\n

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Picasso’s heirs are claiming theft, the art world is savoring what appears to be an authentic find, and the workman, who installed burglar alarms for Picasso, is defending what he calls a gift from the most renowned artist of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

Picasso’s son and other heirs say they were approached by electrician Pierre Le Guennec in September to authenticate the undocumented art from Picasso’s signature Cubist period.<\/p>\n

Instead, they filed a suit for illegal possession of the works \u2014 all but alleging theft by a man not known to be among the artist’s friends. Police raided the electrician’s French Riviera home last month, questioned him and his wife and confiscated the disputed artworks.<\/p>\n

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