Greece Thieves Be Warned...
January 9 2012
Pic: Telegraph.
By LH: A Magritte stolen back in 2009 at gunpoint has been returned, after the thieves failed to find a buyer...
Magritte's 'Olympia' is a study of the artist's wife with a giant shell resting on her stomach. It was stolen from Magritte's former house which is open to the public as a museum by appointment only.
Due to the prominence of the work and the publicity surrounding its violent theft, it is hardly suprising that no one would touch it.
Fortunately, no damage was caused to the work.
More here.
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