Picasso Prints Stolen In Brazil Art Heist
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Three heavily armed robbers stole two prints by Pablo Picasso and two paintings by well-konwn Brazilian artists Lasar Segall and Emiliano Di Cavalcanti. The robbery occurred in broad daylight at the Pinacoteca Museum in São Paulo during regular museum hours when the museum was open to the public. The three thieves even paid their own admission into the museum before stealing the art from the second floor of the museum. The artworks are valued at $612,000 (USD) and are owned by the José and Paulina Nemirovsky Foundation. The Picasso prints that were stolen are from 1933 ("Minotaur, Drinker and Women") and from 1963 ("The Painter and the Model").
This is the second theft of a Picasso in São Paulo in recent months. Last December a Picasso painting entitled "Portrait of Susan Bloch" was stolen at the São Paulo Museum of Art as well a painting by a well-known Brazilian artist Candido Portinari ("The Coffee Worker"). These two works of art are worth a combined $55 million (USD) and neither painting was insured. Luckily, the paintings were recovered a few weeks later and police arrested two suspects for the crime.
Three heavily armed robbers stole two prints by Pablo Picasso and two paintings by well-konwn Brazilian artists Lasar Segall and Emiliano Di Cavalcanti. The robbery occurred in broad daylight at the Pinacoteca Museum in São Paulo during regular museum hours when the museum was open to the public. The three thieves even paid their own admission into the museum before stealing the art from the second floor of the museum. The artworks are valued at $612,000 (USD) and are owned by the José and Paulina Nemirovsky Foundation. The Picasso prints that were stolen are from 1933 ("Minotaur, Drinker and Women") and from 1963 ("The Painter and the Model").
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This is the second theft of a Picasso in São Paulo in recent months. Last December a Picasso painting entitled "Portrait of Susan Bloch" was stolen at the São Paulo Museum of Art as well a painting by a well-known Brazilian artist Candido Portinari ("The Coffee Worker"). These two works of art are worth a combined $55 million (USD) and neither painting was insured. Luckily, the paintings were recovered a few weeks later and police arrested two suspects for the crime.
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