Psyche (painting)

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Psyche
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Artist Solomon Joseph Solomon
Location Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand

Psyche is a 1902 oil painting on canvas by Solomon Joseph Solomon. [1]

Background

In 1942 the painting was stolen from Robert McDougall Art Gallery in Christchurch, New Zealand. The painting has never been found. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

The painting's frame was on display from September 2016-January 2017 at Waikato Museum in an exhibition curated by Penelope Jackson called An Empty Frame: Crimes of Art in New Zealand. [8] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Psyche". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Art crime in New Zealand – there's more than you think". Stuff . Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Back page: Penelope Jackson talks art crime in New Zealand". The New Zealand Herald . 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand's surprising history of art crime: 'I continue to be flabbergasted' | Books | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Jackson, Penelope (2016). Art Thieves, Fakers & Fraudsters: The New Zealand Story. Awa Press. pp. 70–79. ISBN   9781927249512.
  6. ↑ "PICTURE OF NUDE". Grey River Argus . 23 June 1942. p. 6. Retrieved 30 January 2024– via PapersPast.
  7. ↑ "ART GALLERY THEFT". Waikato Times . No. 21762. 23 June 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 30 January 2024– via PapersPast.
  8. ↑ "An Empty Frame: Crimes of Art in New Zealand - Waikato Museum". waikatomuseum.co.nz. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  9. ↑ Fox, Rebecca (20 October 2016). "Framed: art crime in focus". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 1 February 2024.
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