Lost
12x16 framed blue-gold abstract painting
Hickory / Lenoir
Lost
listing
Posted
4 months
ago
Description
I lost my 12x16 framed blue-and-gold abstract painting yesterday around 3pm near the Main Street Coffee House on Main Street in downtown Hickory. It's a canvas with a slim black frame, white mat, and bold cobalt blues with antique gold swirls, signed in the lower right by the artist 'A. Kim'. There’s a tiny star-shaped sticker on the back with the initials 'MP', and I noticed a light fingerprint smudge on the glass from when I last moved it. It has real sentimental value—my grandmother gave it to me years ago—and I’m really hoping someone who found it can return it.
Approximate last-seen location
Hickory / Lenoir
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