Constructivist drawings stolen in Russia

More woes for Russian cultural heritage:

Hundreds of drawings by the late Russian avant-garde architect Yakov Chernikhov have gone missing. . .

The theft was reported a week after the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg revealed that 221 of its items, valued at $5m (£2.67m), had been stolen.

The Chernikhov drawings were stolen from the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art. The body overseeing Russian cultural heritage said 274 of them had already been recovered. They were found in Russia and abroad.

The search for the missing items was prompted by the appearance of nine of the sketches at an auction at Christie's in London in June.

Posted by David on August 8, 2006 7:52 PM