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The "Campbell Soup" paintings, part of a set of 10 worth
$500,000, were taken from the Springfield Art Museum, in
Springfield, after a break-in during the early hours of April 7,
the FBI said.
A spokeswoman for the FBI told Reuters no further information
was being released on the details of the theft, and that an
investigation is ongoing.
The Springfield Art Museum said in a statement on its website
that a burglary had occurred and "The Electric Garden of Our
Minds: British/American Pop" exhibit, in which the Warhol
paintings had been displayed, was closed as a security measure.
The screenprint works are part of Set Number 31 of the
"Campbell's Soup I" collection, which has been owned by museum
since 1985.
The FBI's Art Crime Team said it is seeking help from the public
in finding the stolen artworks, which measure 37 inches (94 cm)
by 24.5 inches (62 cm), and has asked anyone with information to
contact the bureau's Missouri division or Springfield police.
Last year, nine original Warhol prints worth an estimated
$350,000 from the late artist's "Endangered Species" series were
discovered to have been quietly stolen from a Los Angeles movie
business and replaced with color copies, in an art heist that
went undetected for years.
Two of the prints, "Siberian Tiger" and "Bighorn Ram," were
later turned over to the police.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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