In Paris stole paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, Braque and Leger
ARTinvestment.RU   20 мая 2010

From the Paris Museum of Modern Art stolen five valuable paintings, the total value of about 500 million euros

from the Paris museum of modern art stolen five valuable paintings, worth about 500 million euros.

early this morning discovered the theft of a night guard, whose name out of privacy considerations are not reported. According to records, CCTV footage police found out that the culprit in the mask, acting alone, entered the museum, snack padlock on the gate and breaking a window. He stole the painting "The pigeon with peas" Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso), «Pastorale" by Henri Matisse (Henri Matisse), «Oliva near Estaka" Georges Braque (Georges Braque), «Woman with a Fan" by Amedeo Modigliani (Amedeo Modigliani), and " Still life with a candlestick, "Fernand Leger (Fernand Leger). However, he did not cut the cloth and gently pulled them out of the dismantled frames.

museum officials did not comment on the situation with alarm: not yet known whether she was disabled or simply not worked.

now cordoned off area of the museum, on the door hangs a sign which says that the museum is closed for technical reasons. Police examine the broken window and frame from which the pictures were removed, as well as recording with CCTV cameras.

Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe (Bertrand Delanoe) stated that the "extremely disappointed and shocked by the theft, which is an unacceptable assault on universal cultural heritage of Paris ».

material prepared Ekaterina Guseva, AI

Sources: foxnews.com , artinvestment.ru