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Nature 431, 391 (23 September 2004) | doi:10.1038/431391b; Published online 22 September 2004
Digital mastery peers through cracks at early Picasso
Barbara Simm
For almost a century, Pablo Picasso's early painting Rue de Montmartre held a surprising secret. But a few years ago, X-ray analysis showed that beneath its restrained portrayal of some hunched-up figures there lurked a very different painting of the decadent side of Parisian nightlife.
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