Sensation (art exhibition) was over "Myra", an image of the murderer Myra Hindley by Marcus Harvey. The Mothers Against Murder and Aggression protest group picketed the show, accompanied by Winnie Johnson, the mother of one of Hindley's victims. They asked for the portrait, which is made up of hundreds of copies of a child's handprint, to be excluded to protect Johnson's feelings. Along with supporters she picketed the show's first day. Myra Hindley sent a letter from jail suggesting that her portrait be removed from the exhibition, reasoning that such action was necessary because the work was "a sole disregard not only for
Portrait of Suzanne Bloch men invaded the museum and took away Picasso's "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and Portinari's "O lavrador de café" from the museum collection. The whole action took about three minutes. The estimated value of the works was US$55 million, with the portrait alone valued at US$50 million. The paintings, which are listed as Brazilian National Heritage by IPHAN, remained missing until January 8, 2008, when they were recovered in Ferraz de Vasconcelos by the Police of São Paulo. The paintings were returned, undamaged, to the São Paulo Museum of Art. The painting was exhibited at the Thannhauser Gallery in Berlin (1913);