At around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 10, 2008, three thieves wearing dark clothing and ski masks entered the E. G. Bührle Collection on the shores of Lake Zurich in Switzerland shortly before the facility was due to close for the day at 5:00 p.m. While one thief ordered visitors and staff, at gunpoint, to lay on the floor, the other two quickly stripped four side-by-side Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings from a wall in the "Music Room."
For your reference, here are images of the four stolen works and information on their dimensions. And please note: Anyone with information about this theft or the whereabouts of the paintings is asked to contact INTERPOL National Central Bureau Berne (ref.: IP/105/348270/GIS) and the INTERPOL General Secretariat (ref.: 2008/5583).
Update: On February 18, 2008 Claude Monet's Poppies near Vétheuil (ca. 1880) and Vincent van Gogh's Blossoming Chestnut Branches (1890) were recovered.
