Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Twenty-eight art works, including a few by Pablo Picasso, which were stolen last month from near Madrid have been found,

Twenty-eight art works, including a few by Pablo Picasso, which were stolen last month from near Madrid have been found, officials said. The art works are valued at 2.7 million euros ($3.5 million). Among the works stolen was a sculpture by Eduardo Chillida worth 800,000 euros ($1 million), as well


Antoni Tapies: Complete Worksas pieces by Fernando Botero, Pablo Picasso, Antoni Tapies and Julio Gonzalez.
The art pieces that were on a truck were stolen on Nov 27 from a warehouse in the Madrid suburb of Getafe, where security cameras filmed three hooded men stealing the vehicle. The truck was found empty a few days later.

The pieces were lent by galleries in Madrid and Barcelona to a gallery in Cologne, Germany.

The art was on its way back to the Spanish galleries at the time of the robbery.:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.

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