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| Stolen Edvard Munch artwork recovered after seven years | |
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| Norwegian police have recovered a valuable lithograph by Edvard Munch that was stolen in 2009. | Norwegian police have recovered a valuable lithograph by Edvard Munch that was stolen in 2009. |
| The artwork, named Historien, shows a bearded man speaking to a young boy, and was retrieved undamaged. It was valued at the time of its theft at €240,000, but art experts said it was too well-known to be put on the market. | The artwork, named Historien, shows a bearded man speaking to a young boy, and was retrieved undamaged. It was valued at the time of its theft at €240,000, but art experts said it was too well-known to be put on the market. |
| Two men have been arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods but not for the theft itself. | Two men have been arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods but not for the theft itself. |
| The lithograph was stolen after one of the windows of Nyborg Kunst, a leading Oslo gallery, was smashed with a rock. | The lithograph was stolen after one of the windows of Nyborg Kunst, a leading Oslo gallery, was smashed with a rock. |
| “My client denies the charge,” Øystein Storrvik, the lawyer of one of the men, told NTB news agency. | “My client denies the charge,” Øystein Storrvik, the lawyer of one of the men, told NTB news agency. |
| The works of Munch have long been targeted by thieves. In 2004, two of his paintings – The Scream and Madonna, which have a combined value of $100m – were stolen in an afternoon raid on the Munch museum in Oslo. | The works of Munch have long been targeted by thieves. In 2004, two of his paintings – The Scream and Madonna, which have a combined value of $100m – were stolen in an afternoon raid on the Munch museum in Oslo. |
| Ten years earlier, another version of The Scream was stolen from the national art gallery in the city. All the works were later recovered. | Ten years earlier, another version of The Scream was stolen from the national art gallery in the city. All the works were later recovered. |