Monday, August 23, 2010

Poppy Flowers by Van Gogh


From Wikipedia:

Poppy Flowers (also known as Vase and Flowers) is a painting by Vincent van Gogh with an estimated value of $50 million. The painting is small, measuring 1 by 1 feet (30 by 30 cm), and depicts yellow and red poppy flowers. It is believed that van Gogh painted it in 1887, three years before his suicide.


As of 23 August 2010, its location is unknown. It was stolen from Cairo's Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in August 2010, and erroneously believed recovered only hours later when two Italian suspects attempted to board a plane to Italy at Cairo International Airport.

The same painting had been stolen from the same museum on June 4, 1977, and was recovered ten years later in Kuwait.

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