Painting stolen in 1972 recovered in Dallas to be returned to family in Hawaii If you stick with something and try really hard to make it right, sometimes it works out, said Aviva Lehmann of Heritage Auctions. Author: Kevin Reece Updated: 6:55 PM CDT July 21, 2021
DALLAS A valuable painting stolen from a dentist s office in Honolulu nearly 50 years ago sits under lock and key now in an auction house near DFW Airport. It will soon be on its way home to the then 7-year-old girl whose likeness was used to create it. So this is a good news day. You know, we don t get many of those, said art recovery specialist and former FBI special agent Robert Wittman while standing next to a painting by celebrated artist Margaret Keane titled Eyes Upon You.