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umsrMuse Palm Beach Post, Thursday, June 29, 1972-B3 sieassoopuj the middle of the last century. Picasso would thus become the only living artist to be so honored The effort to reclaim the most respected master of modern art for his native Spain was launched in 1969. with the express permission of Franco by the director general of fine arts Morentino Perez Embid. Since that time, friends of Picasso who live in Spain including the famous bullfighter. Luis Miguel Dominguin haveitried to convince him to accept the Spanish government's offer to welcome him and his works back to Spain.

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