Short Takes : Stolen Artwork Found, Man Held
A $320,000 French painting snatched from a gallery wall was recovered in a New York apartment, police said Sunday.
A 46-year-old man was arrested and charged with burglary.
The canvas by Maurice Utrillo was one of several paintings--together estimated to be worth up to $1 million--found at the apartment in Brooklyn, said Sgt. Norris Holloman, a police spokesman.
Police didn’t know if the others had also been stolen.
Balazs Gabor was arrested and charged with burglary and possession of stolen property.
The Utrillo painting, “Rue a Montmartre,” a 1926 work showing a Paris street, was stolen last Tuesday from the Soufer Gallery in Manhattan.
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