A painting stolen 20 years ago was found lying in trash along a street, and now it could fetch up to $1 million at auction. The person who found the brightly colored abstract work didn't know anything about the painting when she spotted in Manhattan's Upper West Side. It turned out that it was a 1970 painting titled "Tres Personajes" (Three People) by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, whose work has soared in value in recent years.

The painting was originally stolen from a Houston couple in 1987. The artist, Tamayo, was born in 1899 in the Mexican state of Oaxaca his style included individual work, featuring the vivid colors and expressions of Oaxaca and the influence of pre-Columbian art. By the time he died in 1991, Tamayo was famous worldwide with numerous prizes to his credit and exhibitions in the United States, South America, Europe and Russia.

Source: Yahoo News