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In ‘Snatch-And-Run’, Salvador Dalí Etching Stolen From San Francisco Gallery

VISUAL Posted: October 16, 2019 6:01 am

On Sunday afternoon, a man walked into the Dennis Rae Fine Art Gallery, walked up to Dalí’s 1966 hand-colored etching Burning Giraffe, picked it right off the easel, and walked out the open door while the staffer on duty had his back turned. – NPR

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VISUAL Published: 10.15.19

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