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Dali painting missing from N.Y. jail

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Published: March. 2, 2003 at 11:55 AM

NEW YORK, March 2 (UPI) -- A painting that surrealist Salvador Dali made for New York City's jail on Riker's Island has apparently been stolen the replaced by a poor copy, police said. The New York Times reported Sunday that Dali's painting of Jesus on a cross had hung in the jail since 1965.

Topics: Salvador Dali
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