Lichtenstein painting returned to owner after 42 years The 1961 black-and-white painting, 'Electric Cord', was bought by US art dealer Leo Castelli in the 1960s for $750. It is now worth about $4 million (£2.5 million), according to US attorney Preety Bharara The government said the painting turned up at a New York warehouse, the Hayes Storage Facility, which received it from the Quinta Galeria art gallery in Bogota, Colombia. The gallery had received it on consignment from Sally Goldreyer, the widow of the art restorer, Daniel Goldreyer, court documents show. Sally Goldreyer said in court documents that the painting was discovered in the locker of one of her husband's employees after her husband died in 2009. She said the contents of the employee's locker were given to a friend who asked her to sell the painting for him, according to the court documents. The government said the painting was going to be bought by the Quinta Galeria but Sally Goldreyer refunded the gallery's deposit when she saw an internet posting saying the painting was missing. Mrs Goldreyer signed an agreement with the government to return the painting to Mrs Castelli, though it said the deal "shall in no way be deemed an admission of culpability, liability or guilt on behalf of Sally Goldreyer or any of her agents, past or present."