QUICK TAKES - May 2, 2009
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Masked gunmen stole two paintings from a Dutch museum Friday, including a work by Surrealist Salvador Dali, officials said.
Police said several robbers threatened a guard at the Scheringa Museum for Realism in Spanbroek with a gun before making off with two paintings. Nobody was injured.
The robbers took “Adolescence,” a 1941 gouache by Dali, and “La Musicienne,” an oil painting from 1929 by Polish-born Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka, the museum said in a statement.
The paintings’ value was not released, but the museum says they are among the top works in its collection.
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