Eyona Ubugcisa IHist Heist: Ngaphezulu kwama-40 eeWarhols ezibiweyo kwiminyaka eli-10

IHist Heist: Ngaphezulu kwama-40 eeWarhols ezibiweyo kwiminyaka eli-10

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Ukuphindaphindwa koosaziwayo nguAndy Warhol.Imyuziyam yaseAshmolean / iCarl Court / i-Getty



Sele kudlule unyaka okoko kwabiwa iimvalo zesilika ezisixhenxe nguAndy Warhol Imyuziyam yaseSpanish yaseSpanish . Iitoti zesuphu eziqhelekileyo, ezithathwe kwiseti ye-10, ziqikelelwa ukuba zixabisa i-500,000 yeedola. Mhlawumbi akukho kufutshane nokubuyiselwa kwimeko yesiqhelo, iFederal Bureau yoPhando ifuna uncedo loluntu ngokunikezela ibhaso lama- $ 25,000 ngalo naluphi na ulwazi olukhokelela ekubuyiselweni.

Ngokubhekiselele kwimisebenzi yolwaphulo-mthetho ebandakanya ubugcisa, ubusela bomsebenzi nguAndy Warhol buye bhubhane. Ngapha koko, ukusukela ngo-2008 kuphela, iziqwenga ezingaphezulu kwama-40 zomculi opopayiyo zithathiwe ngamasela kwihlabathi liphela. U-2015 wawungunyaka ombi ngakumbi: iziqwenga ezisithoba zabiwa kwishishini lomdlalo bhanyabhanya eLos Angeles kwaye endaweni yalo kwafakwa iikopi; ezimbini zibiwe, kunye nomsebenzi ka-Otto Piene , ukusuka esiqwini semoto yomnini wegalari yobugcisa eJamani njengoko wayebalungiselela ukuhamba; kunye nezinye ezimbini, i-Campbell's Soup can and a image of Marilyn Monroe, zibiwe kwiMyuziyam yoBugcisa iAndy Warhol eMedzilaborce, eSlovaki a, eyi-10 yeemayile ukusuka kwindawo awazalelwa kuyo umama wegcisa, uJulia Warhola.

Eyona nto yayikhe yenziwa ngo-2010 xa amasela ayengene kwikhaya lomqokeleli wangasese kwiSixeko saseNew York. weba iiWarhols ezisibhozo ezisayiniweyo, kwezakhe Ukufihla uthotho , ezadalwa ngo-1986, unyaka nje ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe. Eyona nto ibuhlungu: ubusela be- amanani alishumi ezemidlalo yesikrini ukusuka kwikhaya lomhlobo womculi, uRichard Weisman, ngubani wabhala incwadi kubugcisa be pop . Amasela enza kunye nomzobo kaWarhol opeyintwe ngomqokeleli.

Njengokuba oko kwakungalunganga ngokwaneleyo, i Ifayile yobugcisa ebiweyo kaZwelonke yeFBI dwelisa inani elipheleleyo lama-Warhols angama-91, ukusuka kwiimbaleki ezikhankanywe ngasentla ukuya kuthotho lweekati ezitsalwe ngumculi. (Okothusayo kukuba, uluhlu lwee-Interpol zintathu kuphela, ezithetha ngemfuno yolungelelwaniso olungcono lweenkcukacha ezibiweyo zobugcisa behlabathi).

Olu rhwaphilizo lobusela alothusi uMary Bartow, intloko yeSebe lokuPrinta likaSotheby, onamava angaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu esebenza ngobugcisa be pop. U-Bartow uxela ukuba intengiso yezo prints ibinamandla kakhulu kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo yobugcisa be-pop ngokubanzi, kunye no-Warhol ekhokela ipakethi.

Ingcali yobugcisa bamapolisa eLos Angeles uDetective Don Hrycyck ucacisa isizathu sokuba umculi we pop abe yinjongo. UWarhol [une] igama elihle kwaye uthengisa ngemali eninzi, utsho. Nokuba ootsotsi basesitratweni baqhelene negama kwaye banokukhetha ukuba iWarhol ukuba ithuba livela.

UHrycyck ukwisimo esikhethekileyo sokukwazi. ICalifornia ibone ngaphezulu kwesabelo sayo esilungileyo sikaAndy Warhol heists. Inkqubo ye- Iwebhusayithi yeLAPD yobusela ludwelise ii-prints ezingama-36 ezibiweyo, nge-19 ezinomtsalane zazo ezibuyisiweyo, enkosi ubukhulu becala emsebenzini wakhe. Ethetha ngamatyala awaphandayo, wathi, Ubusela bam obuninzi bobugcisa bunamathuba kunokuba kubiwe. Ukuba kukho ipesenti ephezulu yeWarhols ebiweyo, kungenxa yokuba kukho amanani amakhulu afumanekayo okuba.

UBartow ukwabone ukuphakama kolunye uhlobo lolwaphulo-mthetho. Siva okuninzi malunga neefake kunamaqhekeza abiweyo, utshilo, eqaphela ukuba xa ixabiso lomculi likhuphuka ngokukhawuleza, ubusela kunye nokukhohlisa kulandela oko. Imarike kaWarhol iye yagcwala ngamanzi zombini.

Ngamafutshane, izizathu zolu lwaphulo-mthetho azikho zintsha: nantoni na ethathwa njengexabiseke kakhulu, inendalo kubaphuli-mthetho. Kwaye xa ithuba livela lokwenza, bahlala bekwenza. UBartow uthi, umzekelo, ngenxa yokuba imisebenzi kaWarhol iyiprinta, umgangatho ophuculayo ngokukhawuleza wee-giclées unike izaphuli-mthetho amandla okuvelisa inkohliso ebonakalayo kwiingcali ezinje ngaye, kodwa hayi into umthengi oqhelekileyo anokuyibona.

Ngokunikwa eli nani lixhaphakileyo lezenzo ezingekho mthethweni ezijikeleze iiWarhols, andikwazi ukuzibuza ukuba kutheni i-FBI igqibe ekubeni inikezele ngomvuzo kwityala laseSpanish, nabanye abaninzi abangafumaneki. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ngelixa iziqwenga ezithathiweyo zibalulekile kwimyuziyam, azinqabile ncam, zivela kuthotho lweeprinta ezingama-250 ezinjalo. Ndifikelele kwi-FBI eKansas City ukufumana iimpendulo, kodwa ekuphela kwento ebinokuthethwa sisithethi kukuba umvuzo sisixhobo esinokusisebenzisa kuphando, kwaye sesinye sezixhobo kunye nezixhobo esinazo.

Nokuba siphi na isizathu, kuya kuba ngumdla ukubona ukuba umvuzo we-FBI ubonelela ngokhuthazo kwizikhokelo, ukuba ayisiyo mbuyekezo. Kwaye isibheno esidlangalaleni njengale asinakho ukonakalisa uphando. Njengoko u-Bartow ebeka ngokufanelekileyo, ulwazi loluntu ngoyena ndoqo wokumisa ezi zinto.

U-Anthony Amore yingcali eyaziwayo kwilizwe liphela kwicandelo lolwaphulo-mthetho kwezobugcisa. Amava akhe aquka ukukhonza njengomphandi oyintloko we-Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum kwinto enkulu yobusela behlabathi, nakwiindima zobunkokeli neSebe lezoKhuseleko lwaseKhaya. Uye wapapasha iincwadi ezimbini Kwaye uku Twitter @ anthony_m_amore .

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