Oh, Boya, a Stolen Goya!

A painting by Goya headed to the Guggenheim from the Toledo Museum of Art was stolen last week. A "professional art transporter" was couriering the painting for the Guggenheim's "Spanish Painting: From El Greco to Picasso" show when it somehow disappeared in Scranton, Pennsylvania. If he existed, you know Dwight Schrute would be all over this.

The two museums and the FBI have released information about the theft in hopes of getting tips, what with a $50,000 reward. The museums also emphasize the painting "would be virtually impossible to sell and therefore has no value on the open market" - therefore, don't even think about it. The FBI will release more details if the tips don't pan out.

The painting is called "Children with a Cart," and it was painted "as a tapestry cartoon for the Royal Tapestry Factory," according to the NY Sun. And the El Greco to Picasso exhibit opens this Friday at the Guggenheim.

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By Jen Chung in Arts and Events on November 14, 2006 3:12 PM

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the.nyc.cat

Well, it seems that finally the painting was recovered.

I imagine one can see it now in the Guggenheim. Is it so?

jmchez

This has to be an inside job. How many people knew that this painting was been shipped and traveling exactly at that spot?

just saying

And that painting was insured for only $1M! Didn't those people ever watch Antique Roadshow? If they had, they would have known the importance of insuring artworks for at least their replacement value.

catair.cat team

I remember the cats in one painting at the Met in NY and I hope no more Goyas are stolen.

In our website , www.catair.cat , we have a link

to a board where you can draw above the stolen painting.

Jen

That is hilarious - Scranton, PA as white hot underbelly of art theft!

I've Got A Friend In Pennsylva

I have a friend who lives in Scranton who tells me that a Pollack and a Warhol were stolen from a museum in Scranton last year. Neither has been recovered. No one has been charged and there are no suspects. What's up? Maybe there should an episode of "The Office" called The Michael Scott Affair?