Spanish police have introduced the extraordinary restoration of two 100-year-old drawings by the famend surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, that have been stolen throughout a housebreaking in Barcelona final 12 months.
The police revealed that they'd arrested three brothers of their 50s, and in addition seized the Dalí drawings that have been created in 1922 for a e-book known as "Les Gràcies de l'Empordà" on the request of the writer, Pere Coromines.
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Basis, which holds the rights to the artist's works, authenticated the 2 drawings, that are darkish rural sceneries drawn on brown paper.
Police additionally seized different useful artworks, together with graphic works believed to be by the Spanish artist Joan Miró, luxurious watches, and useful cash and banknotes.
The Catalan police allege that the three brothers particularly focused properties within the Barcelona area with artwork works and collections of cash and different useful antiquities.
Two different people have been additionally detained for receiving stolen items, and all 5 suspects are presently awaiting trial, with the alleged burglars launched on bail forward of their trial.
Together with the 2 Dalí drawings and 5 Mirós which are nonetheless present process authentication checks, the police seized two works by painter Paco Sola, 55 luxurious watches, silver and golden pens, jewels, and several other collections of cash and banknotes from completely different instances and international locations.
The present house owners of the 2 Dalí's occur to be the descendants of Catalan lawyer, author and politician Pere Coromines, who shared a friendship with Salvador Dali's father. Intriguingly, it was Pere Coromines who commissioned the drawings from the younger artist who was 19-years-old on the time.
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