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Heritage Auctions returns missing Margaret Keane painting stolen in 1972


Heritage Auctions returns missing Margaret Keane painting stolen in 1972
The artwork, by the subject of Tim Burton’s film Big Eyes, was taken from the waiting room of a Honolulu dentist’s office.
DALLAS, TX
.- On Nov. 14, 1972, a painting by iconic artist Margaret Keane was stolen from a dentist’s office waiting room in Honolulu, and remained missing for nearly 50 years. On Wednesday, Heritage Auctions reunited the lost artwork with its original owners – among them, the woman depicted in the painting as a 7-year-old girl.
During a media conference at the Dallas-based auction house’s global headquarters, Heritage officials turned over the painting to the family’s representative, Robert Wittman, a former FBI special agent and founder of the agency’s Art Crime Team. The work sold at auction in December 2020, shortly after which Wittman, a renowned art-recovery and security specialist, informed Heritage Auctions it had been stolen from Hawaii in 1972. ....

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