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At an off-campus party Saturday night, Mary Rhinelander '83, who painted three of the five works, was told by a party guest that one of her paintings had been delivered to the gathering. The guest spoke on condition of anonymity and decline to reveal the deliverer's name either...
More than two hours later, Mary Rhinelander '83, one of two artists whose work was stolen, received a similar anonymous phone call from a man who said he had read the article and realized that he should give back the artwork.
The caller told Rhinelander that the painting would be in Strauss Hall, so she contacted the other artist Ethan Johnson '84, who sent two friends to Strauss D-entry late Thursday night to pick up the mural.
But that wasn't all that happened Thursday around midnight. At 12:30 a.m. Friday, Rhinelander said she received another mysterious phone call from a man who also claimed to possess a fourth of the pilfered paintings. Rhinelander said she referred the man to Johnson, because he painted that particular...
"I'm just glad the first group of people came forward. It seems to have inspired everyone else," said Rhinelander. She painted another of the missing murals which has been valued at $900.