Heritage Auctions returns missing Margaret Keane painting stolen in 1972
Heritage Auctions returns missing Margaret Keane painting stolen in 1972 The artwork, by the subject of Tim Burtons film Big Eyes, was taken from the waiting room of a Honolulu dentists office. DALLAS, TX .- On Nov. 14, 1972, a painting by iconic artist Margaret Keane was stolen from a dentists office waiting room in Honolulu, and remained missing for nearly 50 years. On Wednesday, Heritage Auctions reunited the lost artwork with its original owners among them, the woman depicted in the painting as a 7-year-old girl. During a media conference at the Dallas-based auction houses glob...