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Framed: The 'True' Story of the Theft of Picasso's Weeping Woman
Framed blows the lid off one of Melbourne’s most puzzling Who stole Picasso’s Weeping Woman from the NGV in 1986.
Written by the brother of the brilliant artist who was framed for the crime, Framed draws on never-before-revealed information told to the author before his brother died.
Framed is totally engrossing and highly controversial. It is at once a rollicking crime thriller, a vividly drawn period piece of mid-eighties Melbourne, and an exposé of the murky under-belly of the city’s art scene.
This is a gripping speculative account of Melbourne’s greatest unsolved crime. None of it may be true but few readers will.
Written by the brother of the brilliant artist who was framed for the crime, Framed draws on never-before-revealed information told to the author before his brother died.
Framed is totally engrossing and highly controversial. It is at once a rollicking crime thriller, a vividly drawn period piece of mid-eighties Melbourne, and an exposé of the murky under-belly of the city’s art scene.
This is a gripping speculative account of Melbourne’s greatest unsolved crime. None of it may be true but few readers will.
383 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 1, 2024
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About the author
Stuart Rosson
3 books3 followersAn ex-science journalist and naturopath, Stuart Rosson lives in Torquay, where he runs a guesthouse, writes fiction and surfs. His previous books form two parts of a post-apocalyptic action trilogy. His third book, Framed, is a fictionalised exposé of the theft of Picasso’s Weeping Woman in 1986.
Throughout the mid to late 80’s he was the science writer for the Sun News-Pictorial, covering news and features on science, health and medicine. Moving to the Surf Coast, in the early 90’s he worked as an operations manager, for a global surf company until 2001. After leaving the surf industry he studied natural medicine, and went on to practice as a naturopath until 2009.
His first book, East – a post-apocalyptic action adventure – was published in 2018. His second book, a prequel to East, and set in mid-21st century Melbourne, was all but completed, when he switched track to write Framed, the fictionalised ‘true’ story of the theft of Picasso’s Weeping Woman from the NGV in 1986 – a crime for which his brother was framed.
Throughout the mid to late 80’s he was the science writer for the Sun News-Pictorial, covering news and features on science, health and medicine. Moving to the Surf Coast, in the early 90’s he worked as an operations manager, for a global surf company until 2001. After leaving the surf industry he studied natural medicine, and went on to practice as a naturopath until 2009.
His first book, East – a post-apocalyptic action adventure – was published in 2018. His second book, a prequel to East, and set in mid-21st century Melbourne, was all but completed, when he switched track to write Framed, the fictionalised ‘true’ story of the theft of Picasso’s Weeping Woman from the NGV in 1986 – a crime for which his brother was framed.
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