New York City - AXA Art Insurance announced a $25,000 reward for credible information leading to the location, recovery and return of two Picasso prints and conviction of the responsible parties.
"Jacqueline Lisant" and "Le Repas Frugel" were burglarized from the Biba St. Croix art gallery in Palm Beach at 3:30 a.m. on May 22nd, 2008. Burglars gained access by entering the back of the insured's gallery and breaking though a door that leads to a sculpture garden. The insured was notified of a burglary in progress when the alarm and motion sensors went off.
The Palm Beach Police are conducting a comprehensive investigation on this loss. Police authorities believe that the burglars were very familiar with the location as they entered through the back of the gallery to take artworks that were located in the front of the gallery, bypassing other works of art along the way.
As part of its standard operating procedure, AXA Art has registered the missing objects with the appropriate authorities and is working closely with the Palm Beach Police. Additionally, the Art Loss Register has been notified of the missing paintings.
Biography by Pablo Picasso
20th Century Masters Born in Malaga, Spain, Picasso was one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, showing throughout his life an incredible range of ideas and styles. Most of his working life was spent in France. Blue Nude comes from an early period of expressing artistic independence - the melancholic Blue Period. His most notable period of artistic innovation and independence was Cubism. Guernica is an effective condemnation of the carnage caused by the bombing of the Basque ...More
