The recovered Van Gogh arrived at Arthur Brand's Amsterdam apartment in a blue IKEA bag, wrapped in a pillowcase covered in blood from a cut the informant sustained while packing it.
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Brand paces his apartment, waiting. The doorbell rings at noon. The informant stands on the stoop, smiling, holding a large blue IKEA bag. Brand opens it — and sees nothing but a pillowcase soaked in blood. The informant cut his finger while packing the painting. Brand moves the pillow aside. [1] — Arthur Brand "The informant arrived at Brand's door with a blue IKEA bag. Inside wasn't a painting at first glance — it was a pillowcase soaked in blood.…" 24:25 There it is: 'The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring,' recovered after more than three years. The informant leaves, never identifying his motivation. Brand immediately calls the police, who had been waiting at a nearby café along with the museum director. The scene is intensely emotional — scores of people had been searching for years under enormous national and international pressure. Brand, caught up in the moment, asks if he can keep the painting on his wall for just one night. The answer is a unanimous no.
The informant arrived at Brand's door with a blue IKEA bag. Inside wasn't a painting at first glance — it was a pillowcase soaked in blood. The informant had cut his finger packing it. Beneath the pillow was the Van Gogh, recovered after more than three years.
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