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Pictures: Priceless Picasso painting arrives at Barber Institute in Birmingham
Robert Wenley (deputy director) and John van Boolen (curatorial technician) remove Picasso's 'Woman Sleeping in a Chair' from its crate at the Barber Institute1 of 10 
A major painting by Pablo Picasso has gone on display at the Barber Institute. 'Women Sleeping in a Chair has come all the way from Japan... Pictured L/R Robert Wenley (deputy director) and John van Boolen (curatorial technician)2 of 10 
Helen Sinclair (conservator), Junko Uchiyama (curator at Yokohama Museum of Art) and Robert Wenley (deputy director) scan the painting3 of 10 ![Helen Sinclair (conservator) scans Picasso's Woman Sleeping in a Chair on its arrival at the Barber Institute from Japan]()
Helen Sinclair (conservator) scans Picasso's Woman Sleeping in a Chair on its arrival at the Barber Institute from Japan4 of 10 ![Robert Wenley (deputy director) and John van Boolen (curatorial technician) manoeuvre the Picasso painting]()
Robert Wenley (deputy director) and John van Boolen (curatorial technician) manoeuvre the Picasso painting5 of 10 ![John van Boolen (curatorial technician) and Robert Wenley (deputy director) discus the painting's position at the Barber Institute]()
John van Boolen (curatorial technician) and Robert Wenley (deputy director) discus the painting's position at the Barber Institute6 of 10 ![John van Boolen (curatorial technician) and Robert Wenley (deputy director) prepare to hang Picasso's Woman Sleeping in a Chair at the Barber Institute]()
John van Boolen (curatorial technician) and Robert Wenley (deputy director) prepare to hang Picasso's Woman Sleeping in a Chair at the Barber Institute7 of 10 ![John van Boolen (curatorial technician) checks the light levels at the Barber Institute]()
John van Boolen (curatorial technician) checks the light levels at the Barber Institute8 of 10 ![Robert Wenley, deputy director, Barber Institute of Fine Arts, and Junko Uchiyama, curator at Yokohama Museum of Art]()
Robert Wenley, deputy director, Barber Institute of Fine Arts, and Junko Uchiyama, curator at Yokohama Museum of Art9 of 10 ![Pablo Picasso's Woman Sleeping in a Chair]()
Pablo Picasso's Woman Sleeping in a Chair10 of 10
