FBI and Interpol alerted: Springfield Art Museum official says Warhol prints stolen

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Prints of Andy Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans" were stolen from the Springfield Art Museum this week, according to the chair of the museum's board.

"We're shocked and totally saddened," Sally Scheid said.

Someone broke into the museum and stole artwork between 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and 8:45 a.m. Thursday, police spokeswoman Lisa Cox said. The FBI and Interpol have been notified, she said.

Scheid said she spoke with the museum's director about the theft and was not sure how many prints were stolen or if any other artworks were stolen.

An online database of some of the museum's permanent collection indicates Springfield Art Museum's 10 Andy Warhol soup can color screenprints were made by the artist in 1968.

The museum acquired them in 1985 in a gift by Ronald K., Robert C. and Larry H. Greenburg.

In 2015, a similar 1968 color screenprint from Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup I” series sold for $30,660, according to the website of London-based art auction house Christie’s.

Cox declined to say exactly what was taken but confirmed some artwork was stolen.

The museum's developing and marketing coordinator, Josh Best, said the museum is open, although one exhibition — The Electric Garden of Our Minds: British/American Pop — is closed because of the investigation.

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