Holy Moley!
Did u see this?
Stolen Gustav Klimt painting
"Portrait of a Lady", 1916 - 1917
went missing 20 yrs ago
in Feb 1997.
Guess wat?
🤦♂️
Gardeners just found it
inside ventilation area
of ext wall!
🔏
Portrait est
€60-€100M
timesofmalta.com/articles/view/…
December 2019,
gardeners removing ivy from a wall
found small ventilation space
inside of
which they discovered painting,
without frame,
wrapped in a black garbage bag.
#PortraitOfALady
timesofmalta.com/articles/view/…
Oh...
Member 1996?
Member it was determined
thru X-ray analysis,
painting covered up another;
that of face of different woman".
"Portrait of a Lady"
(1916-1917)
Gustav Klimt,
Austria
timesofmalta.com/articles/view/…
Italian State Police
12-11-2019
Acquired in 1925 by
Galleria Ricci Oddi
in northern Italian city of
Piacenza.
Painting went missing
during preparation 4 an exhibition
that would have featured
"Portrait of a Lady"
as the star of the show.
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archive.ph/FztwK
1-21-20
In *Twist,
2 serial art thieves
confess 2 having hidden
Gustav Klimt’s
‘Portrait of a Lady’
inside wall
so it might B recovered
"We have given gift 2 city
by returning the canvas,”
the men;
charged in sep burglary spree,
write".
news.artnet.com/art-world/klim…
Y now?
Timing it to come after
expiration of statute of limitations
on the crime.
Facing jail time 4
a separate burglary spree,
they may have been attempting
use the Klimt painting’s whereabouts
as a bargaining chip
in gunning 4 a reduced sentence.
archive.ph/1Wk6o
~Bonus~
Missing Klimt drawing
turns up
in cupboard of
recently deceased former secretary of
Lentos Museum, Linz.
2-13-18
"Zwei Liegende"
["Two Reclining Female Nudes"]
(1916-1917)
Gustav Klimt
Shady litigation
by heirs of
Olga Jäger
2006
news.artnet.com/art-world/lost…
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