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TWO STOLEN PICASSO PAINTINGS FOUND IN SERBIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 26, 2011 - 17:15 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Two Picasso paintings owned by a German museum and
stolen from a Swiss exhibition have been found in Belgrade, Serbia's
interior minister said Wednesday, October 27.
Ivica Dacic provided no information on the exact location of the
paintings or possible suspects in the theft.
The works - "Tete de Cheval" ("Head of Horse") from 1962 and "Verre
et Pichet" ("Glass and Pitcher") from 1944 - were stolen from an
exhibition in the small Swiss town of Pfaeffikon, near Zurich, in
February 2008. They belong to the Sprengel Museum in Hannover, Germany.
Police director Milorad Veljovic said authorities are still
investigating who brought the paintings to Serbia and where they were
hidden before discovery.
Dacic said the paintings were discovered in close cooperation with
Swiss police. Switzerland has submitted a request to Serbia for the
paintings to be returned, The Associated Press reported.
From: Baghdasarian
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 26, 2011 - 17:15 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Two Picasso paintings owned by a German museum and
stolen from a Swiss exhibition have been found in Belgrade, Serbia's
interior minister said Wednesday, October 27.
Ivica Dacic provided no information on the exact location of the
paintings or possible suspects in the theft.
The works - "Tete de Cheval" ("Head of Horse") from 1962 and "Verre
et Pichet" ("Glass and Pitcher") from 1944 - were stolen from an
exhibition in the small Swiss town of Pfaeffikon, near Zurich, in
February 2008. They belong to the Sprengel Museum in Hannover, Germany.
Police director Milorad Veljovic said authorities are still
investigating who brought the paintings to Serbia and where they were
hidden before discovery.
Dacic said the paintings were discovered in close cooperation with
Swiss police. Switzerland has submitted a request to Serbia for the
paintings to be returned, The Associated Press reported.
From: Baghdasarian