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Copyright New York Times Company Feb 3,
2000
Author(s):
Lyall, Sarah
Title:
Stolen Works Like Oxford's Cezanne Can
Vanish for Decades
Source:
New York Times (Feb 3, 2000): p. 1
Journal Code: NY
Standard No:
ISSN: 0362-4331 CODEN: NYTIAO
Language:
English
Abstract:
When he slipped out of the Ashmolean
Museum here less than 10 minutes later,
melting into the crowds celebrating the
New Year around the city, the thief carried
with him exactly what he had come for, a
$4.8 million Cezanne oil on canvas,
''Auvers-sur-Oise,'' which was painted
between 1879 and 1882 and marks an
important transition between the artist's
early and later work. He was not carrying
anything else. Left behind was a room
full of Renoirs, Rodins and Toulouse-Lautrecs.
And so the Ashmolean Museum here became
the latest victim of a crime that has
plagued the art world over the years: the
daring, made-to-order art theft. It is a crime
deeply connected with the unsavory
underworld of drug smuggling and money
laundering, even as it evokes images of
languid, amusing thieves wearing dinner
jackets and relishing their stolen
collections, cunningly concealed in fabulous
mansions on remote private islands. The
authorities have no idea who took
''Auvers-sur-Oise,'' and they have no
idea when or if it might be recovered. ''It could be
tomorrow, or it could be in 20 years,''
Mr. [Duncan] McGraw said. But experts say
that there is virtually no chance of the
painting coming on the legitimate market
without being identified as a stolen
work. Not only is the Cezanne listed on databases
of stolen art, which auction houses and
above-board dealers consult every time an
important new item comes up for sale, but
it also is readily identifiable as the
Ashmolean's, said Christopher Brown, the
museum's director: ''Anyone offered this
painting will walk over to the shelf and
look it up in a Cezanne book, and would see
where it belongs.''
PAULA
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Paula Epstein, Co-ordinator of Library Outreach
Columbia College, 600 S. Michigan, Chicago, Il 60605-1996
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On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Marilyn Berger wrote:
> PLEASE POST
>
> A student is doing research on art thefts and needs information on
> the January 1, 2000 theft of a Cezanne painting from the
> Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. She has checked Art Index, BHA,
> ARTBIBModern, the Ashmolean website without getting much
> information. Any leads to information will be gratefully appreciated.
>
> Marilyn Berger
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>
> Marilyn Berger
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