OT: HEALTHWATCH: Masters' paintings stolen

Kathi

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Apr 27, 2003, 10:13:35 PM4/27/03

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Posted: 2:58 p.m. EDT April 27, 2003

LONDON -- A British art gallery was getting ready to reopen Sunday
afternoon when it noticed a few things missing -- paintings by Vincent
Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and Paul Gauguin.

Police in Manchester say the works were stolen from the Whitworth Art
Gallery in Manchester. They say a major investigation is under way
into what is being called "a well-planned theft."

Police named the works as Van Gogh's "The Fortifications of Paris with
Houses," Picasso's "Poverty" and Gauguin's "Tahitian Landscape."
They're not saying how much the paintings are worth.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-216177920030427-130412.html

Robert Feigel (aka Bob)

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Apr 28, 2003, 6:05:58 AM4/28/03

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On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 22:13:35 -0400, Kathi <kath...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Further information via Artprice.com:

WARNING - CUIDADO - ATTENTION - ACHTUNG 27 April-04 2003

These drawings have been stolen at the Whitworth Art Gallery of
Manchester.

Pablo Picasso, Poverty

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Poverty, 1903
Drawing

Medium: pen and ink - watercolour (blue)
Support: paper
Inscription: signed

Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Accession Number: D.1928.40
Acquisition Information: Anderson, A E, National Art Collections Fund
(via) (gift, 1928)

Vincent van Gogh, The Fortifications of Paris with Houses

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
The Fortifications of Paris with Houses, 1878
Drawing

Medium: pencil - chalk (black) - watercolour - bodycolour
Support: paper (grey)

Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Accession Number: D.1972.4
Acquisition Information: Barlow, Sir Thomas D (gift, 1927)

Paul Gauguin, Tahitian Landscape (recto);
Tahitian Landscape with Huts and Head of a Man (verso)

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Tahitian Landscape (recto);
Tahitian Landscape with Huts and Head of a Man (verso), 1891-1893
Drawing (verso)

Medium: watercolour - pencil
Support: paper
Other Inscriptions: stamped : : : with artist's initials : L.2078

Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Accession Number: D.1931.21
Acquisition Information: Sadler, Sir Michael E (in memory of Lady
Sadler), National Art Collections Fund (via) (gift, 1931)
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Terrymelin

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Apr 28, 2003, 9:22:00 AM4/28/03

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>LONDON -- A British art gallery was getting ready to reopen Sunday
>afternoon when it noticed a few things missing -- paintings by Vincent
>Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and Paul Gauguin.

What unreliable news service was this? They are drawings and watercolours not
"paintings."

Guess these dopes don't know the difference.

Terry Ellsworth

PS: And Gauguin, Van Gogh, and Picasso are not considered "Masters."

MadCow57

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Apr 28, 2003, 4:31:28 PM4/28/03

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I thought I heard something on cable today to the effect that a few of the
paintings have been recovered.