FBI Offers $25K Reward After Andy Warhol Art Stolen From Missouri Museum
by REUTERS
The FBI has offered up to $25,000 as a reward for information on seven Andy Warhol paintings stolen from a Missouri art museum last week.
The "Campbell's Soup" paintings, part of a set of 10 worth $500,000, were taken from the Springfield Art Museum, in Springfield, after a break-in during the early hours of April 7, the FBI said.
A spokeswoman for the FBI said Monday that no further information was being released on the details of the theft, and that an investigation is ongoing.
The Springfield Art Museum said in a statement on its website that a burglary had occurred and "The Electric Garden of Our Minds: British/American Pop" exhibit, in which the Warhol paintings had been displayed, was closed as a security measure.
The screenprint works are part of Set Number 31 of the "Campbell's Soup I" collection, which has been owned by the museum since 1985.
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