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Unit1ART

范文导读非洲版的“《蒙娜丽莎》”在失踪40多年后被发现。这幅画再次被发现后在尼日利亚进行了展出。这幅画究竟是如何被发现的？在它身上发生了什么故事呢？

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Nigerias“MonaLisa”shownathomeforthe

firsttimesinceitresurfaced

Lagos(Reuters)—TheNigerian“MonaLisa”，apaintinglostformorethan40yearsandfoundinaLondonflat,isbeingexhibitedinNigeriaforthefirsttimesinceitdisappeared.

Tutu,anartworkbyNigeriasbest-knownmodernartist,BenEnwonwu,waspaintedin1974.ItappearedatanartshowinLagosthefollowingyear,butitswhereabouts(行踪)afterthatwereunknown,untilitresurfacedinnorthLondon.

Theowners—whowishedtoremainanonymous①—hadcalledinGilesPeppiatt,anexpertinmodernandcontemporaryAfricanartattheLondonauctionhouseBonhams,toidentifytheirpainting.HerecognisedEnwonwusportrait.

“Itwasdiscoveredbymyselfonaprettyroutinevaluation②call③tolookataworkbyBenEnwonwu，”saidGilesPeppiatt,directorofcontemporaryAfricanartatBonhams.“IdidntknowwhatIwasgoingtosee.Iturnedup,anditwasthisamazing

painting.Wedhadnoinkling(略知)thatTutuwasthere.Howitgotthereremainsabitofamystery，”Peppiattsaid.

“Allthefamilythatowneditknowthatitwasownedbytheirfather,whohadbusinessinterestsinNigeria.Hetravelledandpickeditupinthelateormid-70s.”

Thefamilyputtheportraitupforsale,anditwasauctioned④for1.2millionpoundsinFebruarytoananonymousbuyer.Thesalemadeitthehighest-valuedworkofNigerianmodernartsoldatauction.

Tutuwasloaned⑤totheArtXLagosfair,heldfromFridaytoSunday,byAccessBank,theorganiserssaidinastatement.PeppiattsaidAccessBankarrangedtheloanbutitisnotthepaintingsowner.

“TutuisreferredtoastheAfrican‘MonaLisa’byvirtueofthisdisappearanceandre-emergence,anditisthefirstworkofamodernNigerianartisttosellforoveramillionpounds，”saidtheartfairsfounder.

【注释】

①anonymousadj.匿名的

②valuationn.(专业的)