The piece has returned to Glasgow Museums, after being put up for auction by an unsuspecting seller.
Thieves deactivated an alarm system and climbed up a ladder and through an upstairs window to break into the Haggs Castle Museum of Childhood in 1989.And none of them has been seen since - until now.
Painted at Carnoustie in Angus, the artwork depicts two young girls paddling along the water's edge on a warm summer's day, with a toy boat bobbing behind them in a gentle breeze. The ALR identified it as stolen. Tennants Auctioneers immediately withdrew it from sale. And the family said it should be returned to Glasgow Museums.Director Duncan Dornan said the painting was gifted to the museum in 1960 and it is thrilled to have it back.
"It is a charming depiction of children at play, which is obviously why it had been deployed in the Museum of Childhood at the time.""This is what happens a lot of the time with art which is stolen, because normally, if you're just a normal member of the public, you buy art and then you keep it. "The original owner will not have a claim against that person any more, because more than six years has passed.
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