Art theft

Eleven Warhol portraits stolen from a Los Angeles home

Los Angeles, United States · Source report date:

Muhammad Ali portrait illustrated in ABC’s report on the stolen Warhol collection. Credit: duckhenge.uoregon.edu/io, via ABC/Reuters.
Muhammad Ali portrait illustrated in ABC’s report on the stolen Warhol collection. Credit: duckhenge.uoregon.edu/io, via ABC/Reuters. Image source ↗
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Ten Andy Warhol portraits of athletes and a portrait of collector Richard Weisman were stolen from Weisman’s west Los Angeles home. The theft was discovered on 3 September 2009. Reuters reported that police found no forced entry and that other Warhol works were left behind. No recovery or charges were announced in this report.

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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