Hunt on for Picasso prints
2009-01-04 16:08
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Berlin - Police widened their search on Sunday for 30 works of art, including prints by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, which were stolen from a Berlin gallery on New Year's Eve.
A police spokesperson said authorities in other countries had been asked to look out for the missing sculptures and etchings, worth an estimated €180 000.
They were stolen from the Fasanengalerie, a private gallery in the fashionable Charlottenburg district of western Berlin.
The missing works include Picasso's 1947 Profil au Fond Noir and Nude in a Rocking Chair (1913) by Matisse as well as a sculpture weighing around 100kg.
The works were on loan to the gallery and due to be shown in an exhibition scheduled to open mid-January.
Police believe the thieves will try to sell the works on the international market. - Sapa-dpa
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