Luke Skywalker
Super Moderator
{vb:raw ozzmodz_postquote}:
Springfield Art Museum officials haven't said how many of their 10 Andy Warhol prints were stolen in early April 2016 when the museum was broken into.(Photo: Springfield (Mo.) Art Museum)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— A thief has stolen several Andy Warhol prints from the city's art museum, officials said.
The prints, part of Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans suite of 32 canvases, were<span style="color: Red;">*</span>acquired in 1985 in a gift from<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ronald K., Robert C. and Larry H. Greenburg.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>An<span style="color: Red;">*</span>online database<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of some of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Springfield Art Museum's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>permanent collection indicates its<span style="color: Red;">*</span>10 Warhol soup-can color screen prints were made in 1968.
"We're shocked and totally saddened," said Sally Scheid,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>chairwoman of the museum's board.
Someone<span style="color: Red;">*</span>broke into the city-owned museum and stole the artwork between 5:30 p.m. CT Wednesday and 8:45 a.m. Thursday, police spokeswoman Lisa<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Cox<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said. Interpol, a network of police in 190 member countries, and the FBI have<span style="color: Red;">*</span>been notified.
USA TODAY
Stolen Picasso painting to be returned to France via embassy in D.C.
In 2015, a similar 1968 color screenprint from Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup I<span style="color: Red;">*</span>series sold for $30,660, according to the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>website<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of London-based art auction house Christie’s.
Cox declined to say exactly what was taken but confirmed some artwork was stolen.
Prints of Campbell's Soup Cans and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Eduardo Paolozzi's General Dynamic F.U.N.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>portfolio were part of an exhibition titled<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Electric Garden of Our Minds: British/American Pop, which has been closed because of the investigation while the remainder of the museum is open.
USA TODAY
Man charged with stealing $3M in Chihuly artwork
General Dynamic F.U.N.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is a portfolio of 50 photolithographs and screen prints published<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in 1970. Individual prints from that set were recently listed at about $280 to $850 apiece by U.K.-based<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Gerrish Fine Art.
"We are still researching whether or not there has ever been a loss of artwork in the past," Cora Scott, a spokeswoman for the city,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>wrote in an email. "There hasn't been an incident in any recent history."
USA TODAY
Boston suffers suspected new art theft case
The museum is constantly working to improve security and all the works are insured, she said. The policy's annual premium is $14,045, which comes from the museum budget funded by property taxes.
As part of an accreditation process, Scheid said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the museum has been working for the past six months on an emergency preparedness plan that has not been completed yet. Part of that process has been to review the museum's security systems.
Pieces of a Chihuly sculpture in Falls Park in Greenville, S.C., were reported stolen April 6, 2016.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Anna Lee, The Greenville (S.C.) News)
In Greenville, S.C., three pieces of a sculpture by<span style="color: Red;">*</span>renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly were reported<span style="color: Red;">*</span>stolen earlier this week, police there said. The pieces of the sculpture titled Rose Crystal Tower were estimated to be worth $2,500.
Security cameras are trained on the sculpture, which is outside in a garden of a public park, at all times, said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ed Zeigler,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>chairman of Greenville's Arts in Public Places Commission. And police have requested access to the recordings.
Contributing: Anna Lee and Nathaniel Cary, The Greenville (S.C.) News. Follow Giacomo Bologna and Gregory J. Holman on Twitter:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>@giacomo_bologna<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>@GregHolmanNL
Powered By WizardRSS.com | Full Text RSS Feed