New York, Jun 22: Police are looking for a man who stole a $150,000 Salvador Dali painting from a New York art gallery.
Police say the man walked into the Venus Over Manhattan art gallery on Madison Avenue in Manhattan posing as a customer. They say he removed the watercolor and ink painting from the wall, put it in a bag and fled.
Police say the man was wearing a black-and-white checked shirt and dark jeans. It happened Tuesday.
The 1949 painting is “Cartel des Don Juan Tenorio.” It was part of the gallery's inaugural exhibition.
Police say the man walked into the Venus Over Manhattan art gallery on Madison Avenue in Manhattan posing as a customer. They say he removed the watercolor and ink painting from the wall, put it in a bag and fled.
Police say the man was wearing a black-and-white checked shirt and dark jeans. It happened Tuesday.
The 1949 painting is “Cartel des Don Juan Tenorio.” It was part of the gallery's inaugural exhibition.
