Heist of the Decade
Seven Stolen Rockwells. Top L-R: “Spirit of ‘76,” “So Much Concern,” and “Before the Date” (2); Bottom L-R: “Lickin’ Good Bath” and “A Hasty Retreat.”
On February 16, 1978, someone stole seven Norman Rockwell paintings that were on display at Elayne Galleries in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park. Together, the works were valued at more than $500,000. It was the biggest and most brazen art theft in Minnesota history. The case was never solved, but the paintings were eventually recovered after turning up in the collection of an art dealer in Brazil.
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