The Art - Exhibit 3A
This mural and one other were stolen from Edenhurst Gallery in 2002 and remain missing. (Source: J.P. Bryan)
The Art - Exhibit 3B
This mural, known as 3B, was snatched from a West Hollywood gallery after thieves diffused the alarm system. (Source: J.P. Bryan)
Empty Frames
The thieves carefully sliced the 8.5 ft.-by-5.5 ft. murals from their frames, rolled them up and exited through a hole in the roof. (Source: Edenhurst Gallery)
Crime Scene: Ladder
Investigators discovered a ladder underneath the hole in the roof where thieves came and went. (Source: Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Department)
Crime Scene: Hole in Roof
The thieves cut a hole in the gallery's roof, slipped down into the sub-roof and disabled the alarm system. (Source: Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Department)
Crime Scene: Alarm System
After thieves compromised the security system, the alarm rang throughout the weekend, and everyone began to believe the alarm was faulty. (Source: Los Angeles Co. Police Department)
Police Deparment Bolo
In the summer of 2002, two murals by American artist Maxfield Parrish were stolen from Edenhurst Gallery in West Hollywood, California. The case remains unsolved. (Source: Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Department)
FBI Top Ten List
The 2002 theft of two Maxfield Parrish canvases made the FBI's Top Ten Art Crimes list in December of 2005. (Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Police Sgt. Scott Petz
Sgt. Scott Petz worked the Edenhurst Gallery theft for four months, but with no viable leads, the investigative trail grew thin. (Source: Kurtis Productions)
FBI Agent Chris Calarco
Chris Calarco is one of twelve special agents on the FBI's Art Crime Team. On the FBI's Top Ten List of Art Crimes, the Maxfield Parrish canvasses are number eight. (Source: Kurtis Productions)
Collector: J.P. Bryan
J.P. Bryan is a Houston-based art collector who owns more than 10,000 pieces of art and artifacts from the Old West. Bryan is the owner of the two stolen Maxfield Parrish murals. (Source: Kurtis Productions)
Thom Gianetto/Edenhurst Gallery
Co-owner of Edenhurst Gallery, Thom Gianetto, thought his gallery was secure until thieves broke in and stole two Maxfield Parrish murals. (Source: Kurtis Productions)
The Edenhurst Gallery
For twelve months, the Maxfield Parrish murals hung at Edenhurst Gallery in West Hollywood, California. (Source: Edenhurst Gallery)
Maxfield Parrish/American Artist
Famed American Artist Maxfield Parrish painted a set of seven oil paintings for Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in the early 1900s. (Source: Alma Gilbert)
Alma Gilbert
Alma Gilbert-Smith is the leading broker in original works by American artist Maxfield Parrish. (Source: Kurtis Productions)