Surreal thief walks away with Salvador Dali painting he removed from gallery wall

 
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22 June 2012

Police are looking for a man who stole a 150,000 dollar (£96,000) Salvador Dali painting from a New York art gallery.

The man walked into the Venus Over Manhattan art gallery on Madison Avenue posing as a customer. He removed the watercolour and ink painting from the wall, put it in a bag and fled.

He was wearing a black-and-white checked shirt and dark jeans. The theft happened on Tuesday.

The 1949 painting is Cartel des Don Juan Tenorio. It was part of the gallery's inaugural exhibition.

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