Owner Kristine Woodward says, “We don’t want to place Plexiglas over the whole work or additional security at the site.” It’s not like this was some sort of a complicated heist with intrigue and disguises or a sly, systematic plundering of high-profile exhibits. The dude just unscrewed the Plexiglas corners securing the piece and lugged it away, just as a passerby wanders by.

The gallery is now offering a $500 reward for information leading to the rescue of the $5K-$6K work.

Over the weekend, flower-painting street artist Michael De Feo opened an outdoor gallery exhibition in the Lower East Side. Continuing his series of self-portraits installed internationally, De Feo unveiled “New Territories,” a series of four paintings on antique maps, his symbolic “way of going ‘all city’ or painting the entire world.” The squiggly installation is on view through December at Woodward Gallery’s Project Space, a rotating street art exhibit across from the 132 Eldridge Street gallery.

Photo by Jake Dobkin