Dalí bronze book cover stolen from French art centre
A 150-kilogramme bronze book cover by Salvador Dalí, decorated with gold, precious stones and pearls, has been stolen from an art centre in central France.
Original reporting:The Art Newspaper
What happened
The work was taken from the C. Karoutzos Contemporary Art Centre on Sunday night, according to The Art Newspaper. The stolen object is a bronze book cover by Salvador Dalí, weighing 150 kilogrammes and embellished with gold, precious stones and pearls.
For owners and advisers, the theft raises a collection-security question: how much protection does an object’s sheer weight provide? As a matter of risk management, substantial size should not be treated as a substitute for assessing access controls, physical safeguards and insurance arrangements.
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