WORLD
Stolen Salvador Dalí and Tamara de Lempicka works recovered
Baku, July 29, AZERTAC
The Dutch art detective Arthur Brand announced on Twitter Wednesday, 27 July, the recovery of two works stolen from a private museum in the Netherlands in 2009: Salvador Dalí's gouache Adolescence (1941) and Tamara de Lempicka's oil painting La Musicienne (1929), which was shown in Madonna's music video for Vogue (1990), according to The Art Newspaper.
Both works are said to be in good condition.
The pieces were brazenly stolen during opening hours on 1 May 2009 from the Scheringa Museum of Realist Art, which was located in the village of Spanbroek in the North Holland province and closed in 2011. Several masked robbers threatened staff and visitors at gunpoint and made off with their loot in a matter of minutes.
Brand told the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that the works were in the possession of a criminal gang, who "did not want to find themselves guilty of the destruction or resale of works of art" and contacted him through an intermediary. Brand adds that he has handed the works over to a Scotland Yard detective who is in touch with the rightful owners, who wish to remain anonymous.