MPS says two paintings belong to School Board; Art was sent to Connecticut for sale

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: January 14, 2005| Author: ALAN J. BORSUK | Copyright information

MPS says two paintings belong to School Board

Art was sent to Connecticut for sale

Milwaukee Public Schools officials want two paintings, believed to be worth about a half million dollars, returned to Milwaukee from an art auction business in Connecticut where they had been sent.

The paintings, which had been stored in an old furnace room at Washington High School until last summer, were sent to the auction house after Washington Principal Nancy Conner signed a contract wi...