Stolen Art Alert

Below are selected items from the Stolen Art Alert section of the IFAR Journal, published by IFAR since 1977. The theft information was provided by owners and insurance companies to the police, the FBI, Interpol, the Art Loss Register, and others, and IFAR does not make any representation as to accuracy or authenticity.

Highlights

Roy Lichtenstein

(American, 1923-1997)

Crak, c.1963-64

Offset lithograph

50.5 x 72.2 cm

Signed /marked “AP” l/r.

*L08.700

Stolen from the Lasse Aberg Museum near Stockholm, Sweden on July 18, 2008.

Maxfield Parrish

(American, 1870-1966)

Panels 3A (left) and 3B (right) of the Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney murals, (1914-18)

Oil on canvas

63 ¾” x 74”

Signed

*N02.138

Stolen from a Los Angeles gallery on July 28, 2002.

Frans van Mieris, the Elder

(Dutch, 17th century)

A Cavalier, or Self-portrait as an Officer

c.1657-59

Oil on oak panel

20 x 16 cm

*N07.142

Stolen from the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia on June 10, 2007.

Hieron

Relief from Herakleia Hieron (Roman) Marble

1.65 x 1.45 x 1.40 m

Stolen from an excavation site in Tavas, Denizli, Turkey on May 9, 2006.

Interpol no. 20060507952

Robert Rauschenberg

(American. b.1925)

Colorado (Urban Bourbon Series), 1989

Acrylic and enamel on enameled aluminum

123.8 x 123.8 cm

Signed. Ed. no. 89.074

*L07.284

Stolen in transit between Stockholm and London on May 30, 2007.

Fernand Léger

French, 1881-1955)

Nature Morte à la Lampe

Gouache and ink on paper

25 ½” x 20”

*N07.240

Stolen from a New York gallery on April 1, 2007.

Brooch

(Turkish, 6th century BC)

Gold and glass

Ht.: 3.4 cm W: 2 cm

Stolen from the Usak Museum, Turkey and replaced with a fake in 2005.

Inventory no. 1.87.96

Interpol no. 20060712587

The brooch was one of 363 pieces, know as the Lydian Hoard, unearthed in the 1960s near Usak. Turkey successfully reclaimed this piece and others in 1993 from The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York after a long legal battle.

Egyptian

Shabti of Ipu, c.1300-1100 BC

Alabaster

H: 17.0 cm

Inventory no. 000321

*L07.428

Stolen from the Bijbels Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands on July 29, 2007.

Plaque

(found at Nimrud, c.720 BC)

Chryselephantine (gold and ivory)

Depicting a lioness killing a Nubian.

Cat. #175

Iraq Museum #56642

*L03.646

Reported stolen/looted in April 2003 from the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.