Coralie Carlson

Woman Wanted After Returning Stolen Art to MoMA: NYPD

A woman who anonymously returned two stolen pieces of art to the Museum of Modern Art is now wanted by police for questioning. 

The artwork -- two gelatin silver print photographs of women, worth an estimated $105,000 -- went missing from the museum on Oct. 30, police said. 

The same two photos were mailed back to the museum on Nov. 3, police said. 

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Police released these images from surveillance footage of a woman who returned two stolen photographs to MoMA.

Police traced the package to a shipping store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where they found surveillance footage of the woman. 

A museum press representative declined a request for comment. 

She's described as 20-something and wearing a dark cap, glasses, black overcoat, tan pants and tan shoes. 

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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