{"id":48056,"date":"2026-08-16T05:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T00:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=48056"},"modified":"2026-08-16T05:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T00:12:44","slug":"stolen-picasso-print-found-in-vacant-milwaukee-apartment-after-eight-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=48056","title":{"rendered":"Stolen Picasso print found in vacant Milwaukee apartment after eight years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/08\/14\/Stolen_Picasso_found_45245_s1440x962.jpg?3508889e403e1da44972d8b607e807d3c73ebd80\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A print by Pablo Picasso, initially stolen from a Milwaukee gallery in 2018, was found by a landlord and turned in to the local police.<\/p>\n<p>The print is a work titled \u201cTorero,\u201d completed in 1949, and was stolen on Feb. 16, 2018, before being turned in to a police station on Aug. 5, the Milwaukee Police Department said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>Landlord Tim Dertz told WISN-TV that while going through an apartment following an eviction, he found the painting \u201cin a back bedroom behind a door \u2026 it looked like it had been there a long, long time because it had collected tons of dust across the top of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Dertz brought in an antiques expert to check out the print and other items left behind by the tenant, at which point the expert noticed that the print was a Picasso. When Mr. Dertz looked up the work to see how much it could be worth, he found out that it had previously been stolen.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cTorero\u201d print, one of 30 of its kind, was originally commissioned for sale at a gallery owned by Bill DeLind, who told The Associated Press Friday that when police called him to let him know it had been found, \u201cI was overwhelmed. I was at a loss for words. It was an overwhelming moment for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The late co-owner of Mr. DeLind\u2019s gallery, Michael Goforth, was deeply invested in trying to recover the print prior to his death earlier this year. Mr. DeLind told WITI-TV that Goforth \u201cwas so invested in this particular piece. It was an obsession with him that he wanted it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The painting is worth around $50,000 due to the story of its theft and rediscovery, Mr. DeLind told the AP, and was originally appraised to be worth between $35,000 and $50,000. He said the print will remain with police while the client who commissioned it for sale deals with their insurance company.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what kind of hope you can ever expect to have \u2013 if this is a 1 in 100, 1 in a thousand or million \u2013 so yes, don\u2019t give up hope,\u201d Mr. DeLind told WITI-TV.<\/p>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Milwaukee Police Department is still investigating the case, though police officials told WISN-TV that the statute of limitations for theft and other property crimes is generally six years.<\/p>\n<section class=\"author-contact-section\">\n<\/section><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A print by Pablo Picasso, initially stolen from a Milwaukee gallery in 2018, was found by a landlord and turned in to the local police. 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