THEFT OF PAINTING
CUT FROM FRAME IN ART GALLERY tP.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 22. A thief who broke into the Robert McDougall Art Gallery during the week-end cut from its frame the painting " Psyche," the work of the famous artist Solomon J. Solomon, R.A. It consisted of a nude figure lying on the ground holding a cup. The stolen painting, which is practically life size, was bought by the Canterbury Society of Arts from the 1906-1907 Exhibition, and was presented to the McDougall Art Gallery by the society.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24949, 23 June 1942, Page 2
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87THEFT OF PAINTING Otago Daily Times, Issue 24949, 23 June 1942, Page 2
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