Picasso & Chagall Masterpieces Stolen
posted 11:14 pm Mon December 10, 2007 - Washington
D.C. Metro Police are searching for who broke into the Galerie Lareuse of Georgetown stealing two expensive works of art.
The suspect broke through the front door with a crowbar shortly after 4 a.m. Monday morning. The suspects took off with a Pablo Picasso 1936 signed blakc and white original etching entitled, "Faune dévoilant une Femme" which is valued at $115,000. Also stolen was a Marc Chagall 1960 entitled, "The Meeting of Ruth & Boaz" which is a signed color lithograph valued at $14,500.
If you have any information to help solve the crime, you can call the D.C. Metro Police or Galerie Lareuse.
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