Two would-be art thieves tried to snatch a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting from a Chelsea gallery earlier this month, police said.
The attempted heist happened at Taglialatella Galleries on the evening of May 14, the NYPD announced Wednesday.
The suspects — a young man and woman with European accents — entered the 10th Avenue showcase just before 5:30 p.m. and tried to swipe the unidentified Basquiat, police said.
The NYPD valued the work at $45,000. Paintings by the late Manhattan street artist and counter-culture icon routinely sell for eight figures, and one of his works fetched a record $110 million at a 2017 auction.
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