A Heinous Crime
The theft of the “Woman-Orche” had sent shockwaves across the museum community. Willem De Kooning’s paintings were priceless. The artist was a prolific painter during the mid-century expressionist movement, so his works were a huge part of the artists’ movement during that time. One of his paintings had previously been sold for close to $140 million. To think that someone had just waltzed into the museum and made off with a fortune was so surreal. For decades, authorities did not know the whereabouts of the painting. That was until it came into the possession of one unsuspecting dealer…