ST. TROPEZ ART THEFT
56 Paintings Recovered
(N.Z.PA.-Reuter —Copyright) PARIS, Nov. 16.
Paintings stolen from the French Riviera last year have been Sound abandoned in a town 60 miles from Paris.
The 56 paintings, valued at about £700,000, were stolen from a gallery in St Tropez in July, 1961. They were found abandoned in a bam in the township of VilliersSaint Georges. Among the stolen paintings were works by most of France’s best-known modern artists— Matisse, Dufy. Utrillo, Vlaminck, Rouault Braque, Bonnard and Deraln.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29983, 19 November 1962, Page 13
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