Picasso etching stolen from Milwaukee art gallery in 2018 found by landlord in vacant apartment
- A Picasso etching titled 'Torero' was stolen from Bill DeLind's gallery in Milwaukee in 2018.
- The print was found by a landlord named Tim Dertz while cleaning a vacant apartment.
- Dertz recognized the print and contacted the police, who then informed DeLind of its recovery.
- The print still had a sticker from DeLind's gallery on the back, confirming its ownership.
- The artwork is currently in the possession of the Milwaukee police while the case remains under investigation.
Bill DeLind thought the Picasso print that was stolen from his Milwaukee gallery in 2018 was gone forever. But then police called last week and asked him to look at an artwork that a local landlord found while cleaning out a vacant apartment.
DeLind immediately recognized the stolen 'Torero' print, one of 30 known to exist signed by Picasso. The sticker from his DeLind Fine Art Appraisals was still on the back of the framed print, just as it had been placed there in 2018.
Milwaukee landlord Tim Dertz told WISN-TV that he found the print while cleaning out an apartment of someone who had been evicted. Dertz said he showed it to an antique dealer friend who recognized it as a Picasso and said it appeared to be the one DeLind reported stolen in 2018.
The artwork remains in possession of Milwaukee police while the client who had commissioned it for sale with his art gallery works it out with his insurance company. The Milwaukee Police Department said the case remains under investigation.
2018年从密尔沃基艺术画廊被盗的毕加索版画在空置公寓中被房东发现
比尔·德林德认为2018年从他的密尔沃基画廊被盗的毕加索版画已经永远消失了。但就在上周，警方打电话告诉他，一位当地房东在清理一间空置公寓时发现了一件艺术品。
德林德立即认出了被盗的《Torero》版画，这幅版画是毕加索签名的30幅已知作品之一。德林德画廊的标签仍然贴在框架版画的背面，就像2018年时放置的一样。
密尔沃基房东蒂姆·德茨告诉WISN-TV，他是在清理一位被驱逐的住户的公寓时发现了这幅版画。德茨表示，他将其展示给一位古董商朋友，后者认出了这是毕加索的作品，并表示这似乎就是德林德在2018年报告被盗的那幅。
这幅艺术作品目前由密尔沃基警方保管，而委托德林德画廊出售的客户正在与其保险公司进行协调。密尔沃基警方表示，案件仍在调查中。