Stole Roerich

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In New York, robbed the museum of the artist and occultist Nicholas Roerich

From the Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York two stolen paintings, said on Wednesday, August 5, the newspaper The New York Post.

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The abduction of the first work of Roerich, according to the publication, June 24, found a policeman who came to the museum. A police officer noted the absence of one of the exhibits - a small pencil drawing of a series of "Himalayas". "On the wall was left plate, and the picture was gone" - told The New York Post by the representatives of the museum, who requested anonymity. Missing Object is estimated at 20 thousand dollars.

June 28, wrote The New York Post, museum staff discovered the loss of another work of Roerich - oil painting "The Monastery Talung, estimated at 70 thousand dollars. The exhibit was lost from the same room as the "Himalayas".

According to The New York Post, there were two cases of robbery of the museum. At the same time, representatives of the museum in an interview with ITAR-TASS reported that the criminals carried two pictures at once.

"We have no doubt that the police eventually find the stolen paintings - Itar-Tass representative of the museum, who asked not to reveal his last name. - As soon as the thief tries to sell them, he will fall instantly. At the same time, The New York Post wrote that the police have not yet managed to get on the trail of criminals. Entries from CCTV cameras installed in the museum, to help in the investigation failed.

Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York was opened in 1949, recalls the ITAR-TASS. During the entire existence of the museum is the first case of theft of its exhibits.

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