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| Stolen paintings found in Zurich | Stolen paintings found in Zurich |
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| Two paintings stolen in one of the world's largest art thefts have been recovered in an abandoned car, Swiss police have confirmed. | Two paintings stolen in one of the world's largest art thefts have been recovered in an abandoned car, Swiss police have confirmed. |
| The pictures, by Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet, were among four paintings worth $160m (£82m) that were stolen from Zurich's Emil Buehrle Collection. | The pictures, by Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet, were among four paintings worth $160m (£82m) that were stolen from Zurich's Emil Buehrle Collection. |
| Police closed the area around the Psychiatric University Clinic on Monday after a suspicious car was found. | Police closed the area around the Psychiatric University Clinic on Monday after a suspicious car was found. |
| The paintings were taken from the gallery in an armed robbery last week. | The paintings were taken from the gallery in an armed robbery last week. |
| 'Good condition' | |
| The two recovered paintings are Monet's Poppies near Vetheuil (1879) and van Gogh's Van Gogh's Chestnut in Bloom. | |
| They were in good condition and still under the glass behind which they were displayed in the museum, Zurich police's Philipp Hotzenkoecherle said. | |
| The two other stolen paintings, Degas's Count Lepic and his Daughters (1871) and Cezanne's Boy in a Red Jacket (1888), were still missing, he added. | |
| The impressionist artworks, which were found in an abandoned white car in the hospital car park, were identified by museum director Lukas Gloor after a thorough inspection. |