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October 5th, 2011
06:51 PM ET

It's one of the most reproduced works of art in the world. A painting, by Russian artist Vladmir Tretchikoff, is called "The Chinese Girl" or "The Green Lady". It was always claimed that the subject of the painting was a woman Tretchikoff met in San Francisco, but recently the true story behind the painting was revealed in South Africa.


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  1. Travis Bridges

    Where is the new Clue 1? I think I have a good answer based on the video on cnn.com, but the video is there and not here....makes it tough to answer...

    October 10, 2011 at 8:48 pm | Report abuse | Reply

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