Stolen Dali painting intercepted at Kennedy Airport

Painting sent back to Manhattan Gallery

The Associated Press

Posted: Jun 30, 2012 7:21 PM ET

Last Updated: Jun 30, 2012 7:20 PM ET

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service says a stolen Salvador Dali painting has been mailed back to New York from Europe and intercepted at Kennedy International Airport.

The $150,000 US work of art was swiped from a Madison Avenue art gallery last week by a man posing as a customer who walked out with the watercolour and ink painting in a shopping bag.

The Salvador Dali painting, Cartel des Don Juan Tenorio stolen from a Manhattan gallery Thursday. (New York Police Department/Associated Press)

Inspection service spokeswoman Donna Harris tells The New York Times the gallery received an email this week that said the painting had been sent back. A tracking number was included. The gallery contacted police, and the painting was intercepted Friday.

No arrests have been made.

The 1949 painting, Cartel des Don Juan Tenorio, was part of the Venus Over Manhattan art gallery's very first exhibition. The gallery didn't comment.

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