{"id":3769,"date":"2014-03-08T18:22:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T10:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=3769"},"modified":"2014-04-05T19:44:25","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T11:44:25","slug":"new-orleans-police-warrant-for-los-angeles-man-in-attempted-theft-of-wall-with-banksy-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/03\/08\/new-orleans-police-warrant-for-los-angeles-man-in-attempted-theft-of-wall-with-banksy-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans police: Warrant for Los Angeles man in attempted theft of wall with Banksy picture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Banksy’s “Umbrella Girl” in New Orleans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans police say they’re looking for a Los Angeles man accused of trying to steal a big chunk of cinderblock wall bearing a painting by the world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy.<\/p>\n

Police have a warrant to arrest Christopher Sensabaugh, 30, on charges of attempted theft and criminal damage to property, according to an emailed news release.<\/p>\n

An Internet database does not have a current phone number for Sensabaugh.<\/p>\n

The mural, which locals call the Rain Girl or the Umbrella Girl, was painted on a vacant building – Banksy’s usual canvas. It could be worth $200,000 to $1.1 million dollars, the news release said.<\/p>\n

It shows a mournful girl holding an umbrella from which rain pours onto her as she extends a cupped hand into the clear air beyond the umbrella.<\/p>\n

The wanted man was photographed by local residents, including two professional photographers, working behind a wooden screen and sitting on a rental truck. He told them he was removing the piece for an art show in London.<\/p>\n

The man eventually left without the section of wall. A guard was posted to protect it, and it has since been plastered back into the wall, NOLA.com The Times-Picayune (http:\/\/bit.ly\/1dwAwlB<\/a>) reported.<\/p>\n

Photographer Charlie Varley said the man gave his name only as Chris, and said he was a “private art handler from Los Angeles” hired by the building’s owner to send the piece of wall to the Tate – England’s national gallery – for a Banksy retrospective.<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for the Tate told The Associated Press there are no plans for such an exhibition.<\/p>\n

Robert Abdalian, an attorney for Mantua LLC, the building’s owner, told The New Orleans Advocate (\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/Pdujm5<\/a>) that neither he nor the building’s owners know Sensabaugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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