Berlin - Police widened their search Sunday for 30 works of art, including prints by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, that were stolen from a Berlin gallery on New Year's Eve. A police spokeswoman said authorities in other countries had been asked to look out for the missing sculptures and etchings, worth an estimated 180,000 euros (250,000 dollars).
They were stolen from the Fasanengalerie, a private gallery in the fashionable Charlottenburg district of western Berlin.
The missing works include Picasso's 1947 Profil au Fond Noir and Nude in a Rocking Chair (1913) by Matisse as well as a sculpture weighing around 100 kilograms.
The works were on loan to the gallery and due to be shown in an exhibition scheduled to open mid-January.
Police believe the thieves will try to sell the works on the international market.
