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MADRID, Spain (AP) - The Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid has lost a 38-tonne steel sculpture by American artist Richard Serra, the museum said in a statement Wednesday.
The museum, one of the city's largest and most popular, commissioned the work - four stark, steel slabs - in 1986 and acquired it a year later for the equivalent of about $220,000 US.
After being exhibited, it was placed in a warehouse in 1990 with a company that specialized in storing large-scale artworks.
But that company was dissolved in 1998, said daily newspaper ABC. When the museum's director, Ana Martinez de Aguilar, decided a few months ago to display the sculpture again, no one could find it, the museum said.
Police are investigating.
The museum, one of the city's largest and most popular, commissioned the work - four stark, steel slabs - in 1986 and acquired it a year later for the equivalent of about $220,000 US.
After being exhibited, it was placed in a warehouse in 1990 with a company that specialized in storing large-scale artworks.
But that company was dissolved in 1998, said daily newspaper ABC. When the museum's director, Ana Martinez de Aguilar, decided a few months ago to display the sculpture again, no one could find it, the museum said.
Police are investigating.
