CANADA: 20 WORKS BY GERMAN RENAISSANCE ARTIST DURER STOLEN IN NATION'S BIGGEST-EVER ART THEFT.
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CANADA: 20 WORKS BY GERMAN RENAISSANCE ARTIST DURER STOLEN IN NATION'S BIGGEST-EVER ART THEFT.
- Title: CANADA: 20 WORKS BY GERMAN RENAISSANCE ARTIST DURER STOLEN IN NATION'S BIGGEST-EVER ART THEFT.
- Date: 25th August 1976
- Summary: 1. CUs PAN Durer woodcut reproductions (2 shots) 0.10 2. SCU Reproduction of Durer work 0.13 3. CU PULL OUT Empty walls with reproduction left 0.19 4. CU Shattered glass on floor TILT UP TO door with broken glass PAN AROUND exhibit hall 0.29 5. SV & CU's Picture (3 shots) 0.35 6. CU Art professor Bill Mitchell taking to reporter 1.00 7. GV & SV PAN Gallery with copies 1.10 JOHNSON: "The woodcuts and etchings were made in the early 1500's by the German artist Albrecht Durer. Twenty prints were on loan to the University of Calgary gallery, along with reproductions of other Durer works. But the thieves recognised the reproductions and left them behind. They also recognised the vulnerability of the gallery. They smashed a window in the gallery door and just reached inside to open it. There are no alarms, and security guards look in only once a day on the weekends. That's surprisingly low security, considering the value of the prints, and the ease with which thieves can dispose of them underground. JOHNSON: "Would you think it's fairly common knowledge that a Durer print can be easily marketed underground?" MITCHELL: "Well, any print is very easy to market and to sell. When you think of the development of the print as a popular art media part of the nature of...indistinct...is that it's so portable. You can roll them up and mail them in a tube. You can put them in a plain, brown envelope." JOHNSON: "It's the second theft at the gallery in six months, and the university is concerned that top quality art exhibits will be frightened away in future. Chris Johnson, CBC News, Calgary." Initials BB/2130 TELERECORDING CHRIS JOHNSON Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 8th September 1976 13:00
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- Location: CALGARY, CANADA
- Country: Canada
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