Eight engravings by the French artist Henri Matisse were stolen from a library in Sao Paulo, the Brazilian city's government said Sunday.

News reports said two armed men stole the works from the Mario de Andrade Library and also took five works by the Brazilian painter Candido Portinari.

"The pair held up a security guard and an elderly couple who were visiting the library," police said in a statement sent to AFP.

"They both went into the glass dome where the documents were kept. The put the documents and the eight engravings into a canvas bag. The pair then fled through the main exit," police said.

Authorities have yet to disclose the value of the stolen pieces, which were part of a modern art exhibition entitled "From the Book to the Museum" highlighting a collaboration between the l

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