Pablo Picasso work stolen from gallery
08:02, 7 July 2011
LONDON. July 7. KAZINFORM A Pablo Picasso drawing, thought to be worth £100,000 has been stolen from an art gallery in San Francisco; Kazinform refers to BBC News.
Police are looking for a man who walked into the Weinstein Gallery and took the valuable pencil drawing off the wall and then fled in a taxi.
A gallery spokeswoman told the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper that the work was an "original and unique" artwork.
It is thought Picasso created Tete de Femme in 1965.
Speaking to the newspaper, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said: "We're hoping someone in the public might recognise this piece, if they see someone walking around with it or trying to sell it; Kazinform cites BBC News.
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