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| Pierre-August Renoir's Madeleine Leaning on Her Elbow with Flowers in Her Hair (1918, 50.17 x 41.28 cm) |
September 16 - The Art Loss Register has issued a theft alert for a painting by Renoir stolen from a private collection in Houston on September 8. The alert can be found here and reads as follows:
Pierre-August Renoir's Madeleine Leaning on Her Elbow with Flowers in Her Hair (1918, 50.17 x 41.28 cm) was stolen from a private collection during the evening of the 8th of September 2011 as reported to the Houston Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to the return of the painting. Anyone with information regarding this item please contact:
Christopher A. Marinello, Executive & General Counsel, The Art Loss Register, 1st Floor, 63-66 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8LE, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 (0) 207 841 5780, email: chris.marinello@artloss.com
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Robert Wittman, Robert Whittman, Inc., PO Box 653, Chester Heights, PA 19017, USA Tel: 610-361-8929, email: info@robertwittmaninc.com.
ARCA blog contacted Mr. Marinello and asked for more information. "Unfortunately, we cannot comment on the theft due to the fact that it is a pending investigation by the Houston PD and Federal Bureau of Investigation," Mr. Marinello responded in an email. "The Art Loss Register has 259 stolen Renoirs in its database of stolen, missing, and looted artwork. We are hopeful that the publicity given to this horrific crime will produce some leads that will assist with the recovery of this painting."
We all love art and when one is stolen then we no longer get to admire it. If these sites would
ReplyDeleteshow the art stolen; they would have a much better chance of recovery. I helped with enacting the Amber Alert on lost or stolen children; which would seem better? Having a few pairs of eyes looking for something lost or
100,000 eyes (50,000 people) looking for the same loss and finding it much quicker. Publish the painting here and everywhere; we see it; then we know who to contact...DaveG
Art Loss Register (ALR) does not want the public to see ANY stolen art records as they use these records to make money from!!
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