Henry Moor’s Sundial 1965 sculpture stolen for scrap metalJuly 14, 2012 - 17:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A £500,000 ($ 770,000) bronze sculpture by Henry Moore has been stolen from the grounds of his former home, The Guardian said. Sundial 1965 was taken late on Tuesday, July 12 or early on Wednesday from the garden at the Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green, Hertfordshire. As yet it is not known whether the 22in (56cm) sundial, which is made up of two interlocking bronze crescents, was stolen by someone wanting to sell it as a work of art or for its scrap value. Richard Calvocoressi, director of the foundation, said: "We are deeply saddened about the loss of Sundial … and are helping the police in the hope it may be recovered." "We take the care of our Henry Moore sculptures extremely seriously and have installed heightened security measures here in recent years. We would be grateful if anyone with information would contact the police." It is the latest work by the abstract artist, who died in 1986 aged 88, to be targeted by thieves. The foundation carried out a security review following the theft of a Moore bronze in December 2005 from its own estate. The two-tonne Reclining Figure 1969-70 – insured for £3 million – was lifted by crane on to a lorry and has not been recovered. In 2010, Moore's £45,000 painting, Three Reclining Figures On Pedestals, was one of three works of art worth a combined £230,000 stolen from a gallery in Broadway, Worcestershire. Sundial 1965, which was a working model for much larger sculptures, is valued at between £250,000 and £500,000, police said, although its scrap value would be far less. Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |