Picasso thief's apartment yields more stolen art
- July 17, 2011 19:28
A police search of the Hoboken, New Jersey, apartment of accused Picasso thief Mark Lugo has turned up other missing artworks.
Lugo, 30, was arrested for swiping a Picasso drawing from a San Francisco gallery on July 5.
The raid recovered 11 stolen pieces in total, worth more than $500,000, mainly from Manhattan galleries and hotels.
From the Carlyle Hotel on the Upper East Side was a missing $350,000 Léger piece. Another Picasso drawing, which had been taken from the Williams Bennett Gallery in SoHo, was also found.
![Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.](/images/c/e2/2e/Jan20_Rape_of_Europa100x100_c.jpg "Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.")
100x100_c.jpg "Diquis/Chiriqui pendant depicting two figures within a framework of linked gold rectangles, 22K gold, Costa Rica, weight 129.6g. Estimate $7,000-$8,000")
