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Azerbaijani famous artistâ€™s works stolen

25 September 2013 14:01 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Konul Kamilgizi – APA. Azerbaijani artist Ashraf Muradoghlu’s two famous tableaus “Tehran conference” (linen, oil paint, 107x140cm) and “Lenin in Smolny” (linen, oil paint, 130x117cm) belonging to Baku Art Center have been stolen.

Baku Creative Center told APA that the fact of theft was detected during the recent internal inspection in the funds of Baku Art Centre. The aforementioned works by Muradoghlu was purchased by Baku Art Centre in 1988: “The tableaus have been demonstrated in numerous exhibitions in Baku and abroad over these years and their reproductions have been published in catalogs and magazines. The inventory register of Baku Art Center’s funds was last carried out in 2008. At that time, the abovementioned works by Ashraf Muradoghlu were at the center”.

The Center stated that the local law-enforcement bodies and Interpol have already been informed about the theft of works. At the same time, the cultural centers of Azerbaijan and several foreign countries are also being informed about this.

Baku Creative Center asks those who have information about the stolen works are to take into account the aforementioned fact and notify the center. AZN 500 prize is assigned for every piece.