Art Theft Register
Art and cultural property theft is a rapidly growing criminal enterprise in South Africa, the magnitude of which has been highlighted by the recent thefts of valuable and culturally symbolic art pieces.
In an attempt to generate awareness of art and cultural property theft, Artinsure has established an art theft register, which acts as a comprehensive archive of stolen art in the country.
We are committed to the protection of South Africa’s cultural heritage, with the Art Theft Register designed to provide information and assistance in the recovery of these stolen works.
Should you have any information regarding stolen artworks or cultural property, or would like to register stolen art works, please contact us.
Please contact info@artinsure.co.za should you have any information regarding these missing artworks or if you want to register a missing artwork
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Zoo Lake |
| Artist: Sydney Carter | |
| Medium: Oil on canvas | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
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Description: TBA |
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| Date of Loss: New Year's day 2012 | |
| Description of Loss: Private residence in Hydepark, JHB | |
| Location of Loss: Hyde Park, Johannesburg |
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Portait of a Man |
| Artist: Cecil Thornley Stewart | |
| Medium: Oil on canvas | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
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Description: TBA |
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| Date of Loss: New Year's day 2012 | |
| Description of Loss: Private residence in Hydepark, JHB | |
| Location of Loss: Hyde Park, Johannesburg |
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Untitled |
| Artist: Gerard Sekoto | |
| Medium: Oil on canvas | |
| Date of Work: 1947 | |
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Description: 40cm x 40cm with frame |
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| Date of Loss: Painting vanished between 1995 - 2001 | |
| Description of Loss: Private residence in Israel | |
| Location of Loss: Israel |
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King of the Universe |
| Artist: Ernest Ulmannelli | |
| Medium: Bronze Sculpture | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
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Description: TBA |
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| Date of Loss: TBA | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) | |
| Location of Loss: Johannesburg |
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Black and White Abstract City Shape |
| Artist: Dirk Meerkotter | |
| Medium: White porcelain images on board with black acrylic background | |
| Date of Work: Mid 1970's | |
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Description: 35cmx50cm |
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| Date of Loss: 28 December 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Theft from private residence | |
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Untitled |
| Artist: Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef | |
| Medium: Oil on canvas | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
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Description: TBA |
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| Date of Loss: Early 2000 | |
| Description of Loss: Theft from private residence | |
| Location of Loss: Cape Town |
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Untitled |
| Artist: Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef | |
| Medium: Oil on canvas | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
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| Date of Loss: Early 2000 | |
| Description of Loss: Theft from private residence | |
| Location of Loss: Cape Town |
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Don Quixote |
| Artist: Artur Azevedo | |
| Medium: Metal | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
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Description: 30x25x10 cms |
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| Date of Loss: 10th November 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Theft from private residence, Milton Park, Harare | |
| Location of Loss: Harare |
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Zulu Maid |
| Artist: Trevor Makhoba | |
| Medium: Oil on Canvas | |
| Date of Work: 2000 | |
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Description: 20.5h x 55 (L) cm |
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| Date of Loss: December 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Theft from an Art Gallery in Johannesburg | |
| Location of Loss: Johannesburg |
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Mourning Woman |
| Artist: Sydney Kumalo | |
| Medium: Bronze | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
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Description: 33cm high |
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| Date of Loss: 25th September 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Theft from the Johannesburg Art Gallery | |
| Location of Loss: Johannesburg |
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Peter Pan |
| Artist: Romana Romanelli | |
| Medium: Bronze | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
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Description: 57cm high |
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| Date of Loss: 25th September 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Theft from the Johannesburg Art Gallery | |
| Location of Loss: Johannesburg |
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District Six Scene |
| Artist: Gregoire Boonzaier | |
| Medium: Watercolour on paper | |
| Date of Work: 1967 | |
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Description: Signed and dated 1967, 38 x 56 cm |
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| Date of Loss: 1st September 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Pieter Oosthuizen Antiques and Interiors | |
| Location of Loss: Pretoria |
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Wine cellar with stairs to loft and views of vineyards and mountains |
| Artist: Hugo Naude | |
| Medium: Oil on Canvas | |
| Date of Work: 1934 | |
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Description: Framed oil on canvas. Commissioned by the owner of La Cotte |
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| Date of Loss: 14 July 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from Huguenot Memorial Museum, Franschhoek | |
| Location of Loss: Franschhoek |
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La Cotte Watermill on La Cotte Farm |
| Artist: Hugo Naude | |
| Medium: Oil on Canvas | |
| Date of Work: 1934 | |
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Description: Framed oil on canvas. Commissioned by the owner of La Cotte |
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| Date of Loss: 14 July 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from Huguenot Memorial Museum, Franschhoek | |
| Location of Loss: Franschhoek |
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Historical Sword |
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Description:Medieval Broad Sword with spirally twisted horizontal quillions with button terminals |
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| Date of Loss: 1st August 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from Private Collection | |
| Location of Loss: Bedfordview | |
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Historical Sword |
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Description: Early Broad Sword of Grman Landsknecht type |
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| Date of Loss: 1st August 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from Private Collection | |
| Location of Loss: Bedfordview | |
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Historical Sword |
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Description: Large Rapier with very large chiselled steel hilt and flattened bar quillions (all pierced and chiselled). The pommel chiselled with faces. |
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| Date of Loss: 1st August 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from Private Collection | |
| Location of Loss: Bedfordview | |
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Historical Sword |
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Description:Broad sword with cruciform hilt decorated with mythological scenes |
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| Date of Loss: 1st August 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from Private Collection | |
| Location of Loss: Bedfordview | |
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Portrait of a young woman |
| Artist: Sidney Carter | |
| Medium: Watercolour | |
| Date of Work: | |
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Description: 20cm x 18cm. Signed |
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| Date of Loss: 10th June 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from 5th Avenue Auctioneers | |
| Location of Loss: Johannnesburg |
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A chair a boat and a vase |
| Artist: Barend De Wet | |
| Medium: Welded and cast bronze with a green patina | |
| Date of Work: 1989 | |
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Description: Bronze sculpture (maquette) in the shape of a vase with a boat and chair |
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| Date of Loss: May 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from Iziko SANG | |
| Location of Loss: Cape Town |
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A chair a boat and a vase |
| Artist: Barend De Wet | |
| Medium: Welded and cast bronze with a green patina | |
| Date of Work: 1989 | |
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Description: To assist in recognition this is an image of a work similar to the one stolen from the Iziko National Gallery. This sculpture is based on the same theme (just without the boat), is also welded bronze and about the same size.
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| Date of Loss: May 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from Iziko SANG | |
| Location of Loss: Cape Town |
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Maroelaboom naby Orpa |
| Artist: Francois Koch | |
| Medium: Oil on canvas | |
| Date of Work: 1974 | |
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Description: |
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| Date of Loss: May 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from an office along with four other paintings. Owner offering a reward for the recovery | |
| Location of Loss: Parktown, JHB |
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Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, Italy |
| Artist: Giovanni Fasciotti (South African 19th/20th Century) | |
| Medium: Watercolour | |
| Date of Work: 19/20 c | |
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Description: 60 by 80 cm This is the view of the stolen works no actual pictures of the paintings available as these were commissioned by the family from the artist. |
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| Date of Loss: 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen | |
| Location of Loss: TBA |
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Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, Italy |
| Artist: Giovanni Fasciotti (South African 19th/20th Century) | |
| Medium: Watercolour | |
| Date of Work: 19/20 c | |
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Description: 80 by 60 cm This is the view of the stolen works no actual pictures of the paintings available as these were commissioned by the family from the artist. |
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| Date of Loss: 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen | |
| Location of Loss: TBA |
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Blue Mood |
| Artist: Margaret Ramsay | |
| Medium: Acrylic on Board | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
| Description: 17cm x 25 cm | |
| Date of Loss: September 2002 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from a Gallery | |
| Location of Loss: Art Route Gallery Bettys Bay |
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Canola Farm |
| Artist: Margaret Ramsay | |
| Medium: Acrylic on Board | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
| Description: 26cm x 17 cm | |
| Date of Loss: September 2002 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from a Gallery | |
| Location of Loss: Art Route Gallery Bettys Bay |
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Caledon Road, Ducks and pond |
| Artist: Margaret Ramsay | |
| Medium: Acrylic on Board | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
| Description: 26cm x 18 cm | |
| Date of Loss: July 2006 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from a hotel | |
| Location of Loss: Dorpshuis Hotel, Stellenbosch |
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Helen Donath |
| Artist: Margaret Ramsay | |
| Medium: Acrylic on Board | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
| Description: 50cm x 40 cm | |
| Date of Loss: October 2004 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from a Gallery | |
| Location of Loss: Sylvia Smith gallery, Hemel en Aarde |
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Trees and Veld Fire |
| Artist: Margaret Ramsay | |
| Medium: Acrylic on Board | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
| Description: 26cm x 17 cm | |
| Date of Loss: September 2002 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from a hotel | |
| Location of Loss: Dorpshuis Hotel, Stellenbosch |
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Hot Shot |
| Artist: Margaret Ramsay | |
| Medium: Bronze | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
| Description: 29 kg - 112cm x 440 cm | |
| Date of Loss: TBA | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from a gallery | |
| Location of Loss: Canal Walk, Cape Town |
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Landscape (Bickerstaff) |
| Artist: Bickerstaff (USA) | |
| Medium: Oil on Canvas | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
| Description: TBA | |
| Date of Loss: 27 December 2010 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from a gallery in Clarens | |
| Location of Loss: Wine & Art Gallery,Clarens |
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Landscape (Bickerstaff continued) |
| Artist: Bickerstaff (USA) | |
| Medium: Oil on Canvas | |
| Date of Work: TBA | |
| Description: TBA | |
| Date of Loss: 27 December 2010 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from a gallery in Clarens | |
| Location of Loss: Wine & Art Gallery,Clarens |
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Patricia Farrell |
| Artist: Patricia Farrell | |
| Medium: Oil on Canvas | |
| Date of Work: 2002 approx | |
| Description: 50cm x 60cm, oil painting, framed | |
| Date of Loss: 8 august 2002 | |
| Description of Loss: Stolen from Art Gallery | |
| Location of Loss: New Century Art Gallery, Rivonia |
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Home Cures (Vessel) |
| Artist: William Kentridge | |
| Medium: Lithograph and Collage | |
| Date of Work: 2001 | |
| Description: Edition 9/45, 28 x 38cm | |
| Date of Loss: 5 February 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Believed to be stolen from a print drawer by a walk-in couple | |
| Location of Loss: David Krut Projects, Jan Smuts, Johannesburg |
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Handspring Man
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| Artist: William Kentridge | |
| Medium: Sugar-lift, Aquatint and Drypoint | |
| Date of Work: 2009 | |
| Description: Edition 37/40, 36 x 30.8cm | |
| Date of Loss: 5 February 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Believed to be stolen from a print drawer by a walk-in couple | |
| Location of Loss: David Krut Projects, Jan Smuts, Johannesburg |
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Overlap |
| Artist: William Kentridge | |
| Medium: Drypoint and Sugarlift | |
| Date of Work: 2007 | |
| Description: Edition HC, 35 x 41cm | |
| Date of Loss: 5 February 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Believed to be stolen from a print drawer by a walk-in couple | |
| Location of Loss: David Krut Projects, Jan Smuts, Johannesburg |
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Nose on a White Horse |
| Artist: William Kentridge | |
| Medium:Aquatint | |
| Date of Work: 2010 | |
| Description: Edition 4/40, 35 x 30cm | |
| Date of Loss: 5 February 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Believed to be stolen from a print drawer by a walk-in couple | |
| Location of Loss: David Krut Projects, Jan Smuts, Johannesburg |
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Landscape with Lady - NO IMAGE AVAILABLE |
| Artist: Rene Sinicki | |
| Medium: Oil on Canvas | |
| Date of Work: 1970 | |
| Description: Landscape with Lady. Colours - pink and green leaves/trees in gold frame. Approx 1m by 1m | |
| Date of Loss: February 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Taken during a house robbery | |
| Location of Loss: Three Rivers |
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After Church |
| Artist: Makiwa Mutomba | |
| Medium: Oil Canvas Painting | |
| Date of Work: | |
| Description: Oil canvas, 56 x 71cm | |
| Date of Loss: February 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: | |
| Location of Loss: Durban |
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Little Friends |
| Artist: Makiwa Mutomba | |
| Medium: Oil canvas painting | |
| Date of Work: | |
| Description: 69 x 91cm | |
| Date of Loss: February 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: | |
| Location of Loss: Durban |
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Statue of General Lazare Hoche (1768-1797) |
| Artist: Aime Jules Dalou | |
| Medium: Bronze | |
| Date of Work: Unlnown | |
| Description: 71 x 21.5 x 21.5cm | |
| Date of Loss: 11 January 2011 | |
| Description of Loss: Theft from the Johannesburg Art Gallery | |
| Location of Loss: Johannesburg |
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Bridge over a river, Oxford | |
| Artist: Maude Sumner | ||
| Medium: Watercolour | ||
| Date of Work: 1934 | ||
| Description: 455mm x 600mm | ||
| Date of Loss: 26 May 2010 | ||
| Description of Loss: Stolen from a school collection in Parktown | ||
| Location of Loss: Johannesburg |
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19th Century Hot Water Jug - NO IMAGE AVAILABLE |
| Artist: NA | |
| Medium: Copper | |
| Date of Work: 19th century | |
| Description: Hot water jug, Height 30cm, copper with spiral handle | |
| Date of Loss: August 2008 | |
| Description of Loss: Taken from a museum | |
| Location of Loss: Cape Town |
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Silver spoons - NO IMAGE AVAILABLE |
| Artist: NA | |
| Medium: Silver silver plate | |
| Date of Work: Various | |
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Description: Crested Silver Plate - Reina del Mar Crested Silver Plate - RMS Arundel Castle Crested Silver Plate - RMS Pendennis Castle Crested Silver RMS Pretoria Castle Crested Silver Plate RMS Warwick Castle Crested Silver RMS Edinburgh Castle Crested Silver Plate RMMV Capetown Castle Crested Silver Plate RMMV Athlone Castle Crested Silver Plate MV Dunbar Castle Crested Pick and Shovel South Africa RMS Guildford Castle |
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| Date of Loss: July 2010 | |
| Description of Loss: Taken from a museum | |
| Location of Loss Cape Town |
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Relaxed Man Bronze Scuplture - NO IMAGE AVAILABLE |
| Artist: Dale Hellman | |
| Medium: Bronze | |
| Date of Work: 2010 | |
| Description: Relaxed Man bronze sculpture | |
| Date of Loss: October 2010 | |
| Description of Loss: Taken from a gallery | |
| Location of Loss: Cape Town |
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18 ct Gold Medal - NO IMAGE AVAILABLE |
| Artist: NA | |
| Medium: Gold | |
| Date of Work: tba | |
| Description: 18 ct Gold Medal | |
| Date of Loss: October 2009 | |
| Description of Loss: Taken from an auction house | |
| Location of Loss: Cape Town |
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District Six - Bo-Kaap | |
| Artist: Christian Peter Nice | ||
| Medium: Oil on board | ||
| Date of Work: Unknown | ||
| Description: 400mm x 600mm | ||
| Date of Loss: Feb2010 | ||
| Description of Loss: Taken from an auction house | ||
| Location of Loss: Cape Town |
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Owl- NO IMAGE AVAILABLE |
| Artist: Cobus Haupt | |
| Medium: Bronze | |
| Date of Work: 2009 | |
| Description: 20 x 15 x 15 cm | |
| Date of Loss: 2009 | |
| Description of Loss: Taken from a gallery | |
| Location of Loss: Cape Town |
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Portrait- NO IMAGE AVAILABLE |
| Artist: Piett Piennar | |
| Medium: Mixed Media | |
| Date of Work: Unknown | |
| Description: Mixed Media Portrait | |
| Date of Loss: 2008 | |
| Description of Loss: Taken from a museum | |
| Location of Loss: Cape Town |
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The World | |
| Artist: Jim Dine | ||
| Medium:Lithograph | ||
| Date of Work: Unknown | ||
| Description: Jim Dine pencil signed limited unnumbered offset lithograph | ||
| Date of Loss: 2009 | ||
| Description of Loss: Taken in transit | ||
| Location of Loss: On route to Johannesburg |
