Thieves Steal Munch in Norway
2009-11-16 10:36:42 未知
A painted version of Edvard Munch's "History" (1911-16) is currently on display at Oslo University. Last night, thieves in Oslo stole a lithographic version of the work from a private gallery.
Scandinavian criminals just can’t seem to get enough of Edvard Munch. In 2004, masked gunmen stole two of the artist’s paintings from the Munch Museum, and, more recently, a Swedish dealer has been accused of selling forgeries of his work. Now Oslo dealer Pascal Nyborg says that thieves have made off with a Munch lithograph called History.
According to Nyborg, the culprits smashed the window of his gallery, Nyborgs Kunst, with a stone late Thursday, grabbed the painting, and fled. Police have found a getaway car, a large van, that was left abandoned in the city and have questioned witnesses who reported the break-in but have not yet made any arrests in the case.
Nyborg says that the hand-painted lithograph is worth “millions” of Norwegian kroner, and reports have pegged the work’s value at two million kroner ($355,000). At auction in 2001, the work sold for a more modest 200,000 kroner ($35,000).
The thieves in the 2004 burglary were eventually apprehended and sent to prison. Police and Nyborg are hoping to repeat that performance.
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