text: NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The NYPD is looking for a woman in connection to the theft of a pair of high-priced photo prints from MoMA PS1 Annex in Long Island City, Queens last month. 
   
   Police said an employee at the art center discovered two print photographs, with an estimated value of a combined $105,000, missing from the museum the morning of Monday, Oct. 30. 
   
   That Friday, employees reported to police that the stolen snapshots had been mailed back to the museum. 
   
   A police investigation uncovered surveillance video showing a woman mailing the photos in a large box from a shipping store on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn the previous afternoon. 
   
   “It’s crazy, right?” said museum patron Frank Heatley. 
   
   As CBS2’s Brian Conybeare reported, the stolen works included a female nude. They are part of an exhibit featuring feminist performance artist Carolee Schneemann. 
   
   Museumgoers were puzzled by the theft and who might be behind it 
   
   “Maybe they were really just in love with her artwork that they wanted it for herself, and that maybe they had a change of heart and decided to mail back,” said museum patron Kelvi Diaz. 
   
   “I don’t see how you could steal from the museum and then feel guilty about it, because it’s such a dramatic thing to do,” said museum patron Natalie Bade. 
   
   Investigators said it is not clear if the mystery woman actually stole the photos. 
   
   No one from MoMA or its PS1 branch would comment on the caper. 
   
   Meanwhile, sources confirm the museum security alarm was set that night, but it never went off. Sources said it is possible somebody was hiding inside waiting for the museum to close and then pulled off the heist. 
   
   The museum does not have surveillance cameras. 
   
   “I’m shocked that they don’t, because the fact that somebody got in here to steal prints says enough that their security clearly should be a step up,” Bade said. 
   
   One artist, Jenny Morgan, said maybe the thief never intended to keep the photos. 
   
   “I would guess that it’s someone else’s own artistic reaction, if I want to go with the creative answer,” she said. 
   
   Morgan suggested that it could all be some kind of performance art – “a reaction to the performance art that she’s seeing.” 
   
   The woman seen in the surveillance video is described as white, in her twenties who was last seen wearing a dark cap, glasses, a black overcoat, tan pants, and tan shoes. 
   
   Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74682). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. ||||| Rating is available when the video has been rented. 
   
   This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. ||||| The theft was resolved in less than a week, but the mystery remains: Who stole two Carolee Schneemann photographs from MoMA PS1, only to mail them back a mere four days later? 
   
   The artworks, worth $55,000 and $50,000 each, according to the New York Post, were discovered missing from the exhibition “Carolee Schneemann: Kinetic Painting” (on view through March 11) by a facilities manager around 11 a.m. on Monday, October 30. 
   
   That Friday, the museum received a oversize package. Inside were the missing gelatin-silver prints, taken by Alex V. Sobolewski to document Schneemann’s nude performance art. There was no note, and it remains unclear whether the thief had a change of heart or the works were returned by a third party. 
   
   Police investigated the shipment and uncovered surveillance footage from the previous evening at Office 11211, a shipping store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The video, a 20-second clip released by the police, shows a woman in a dark knit hat, glasses, tan pants, and a black coat arranging to send the package to the museum. 
   
   Anyone who might have insight into her identity are being asked to contact the police, who are investigating the matter. If connected to the theft, the suspect could face charges of criminal possession of stolen property and grand larceny, according to authorities. 
   
   The two works are titled CS in the broken mirrors on the back of Four Fur Cutting Boards (1965) and CS With Gloves (Radiator), 1965, on loan from the artist and New York galleries P.P.O.W. Gallery and Galerie Lelong. 
   
   A press representative for MoMA PS1 declined to comment on the ongoing investigation. There was no sign of forced entry, and the security alarm, while activated, never went off. 
   
   UPDATE: This story originally cited a CBS report that incorrectly claimed that PS1 does not have security cameras. The museum is, in fact, under video surveillance. 
   
   Follow artnet News on Facebook: ||||| The New York City Police Department wants to question a woman whom they say mailed stolen art back to MoMA PS1 just days after it vanished. 
   
   Two photographs — estimated to be worth more than $105,000 dollars — were part of the exhibit Carolee Schneemann: Kinetic Painting. The photos were first discovered missing on Oct. 30. There were no signs of forced entry into the museum, in Queens, and authorities had no leads. The theft was not caught on video, and there appeared to be no witnesses. 
   
   But despite scant evidence, the photos have since been recovered. According to the NYPD, the pictures were anonymously mailed back to the museum on Nov. 3. 
   
   There was no damage to the photos, and police recovered no note of explanation. Authorities traced the package back to a Brooklyn shipping store. 
   
   Surveillance video appears to show a young woman wearing a dark cap, glasses and black overcoat entering the shipping store. She was carrying a large FedEx box. Authorities allege that the photographs were inside. 
   
   On Sunday, the NYPD released the surveillance video and asked for the public’s assistance in identifying the woman. The burglary’s motive was unclear. 
   
   An NYPD spokesperson tells PEOPLE that no arrest has been made, but that the case is still under investigation. 
   
   An after-hours call to the museum was not immediately returned.
target: – The Museum of Modern Art has an odd mystery on its hands. First, somebody stole two photos of performance artist Carolee Schneemann worth $105,000 from a museum annex in Queens. Then somebody mailed them back, good as new. Now the NYPD has released surveillance video of the young woman believed to have done the mailing and is trying to track her down, reports People. Police traced the package with the photos back to a shipping store in Brooklyn, and the video shows a woman with a dark cap and glasses carrying the package into the store. Police say they don't know whether the woman was involved in the theft itself, what prompted the change of heart, or how the theft happened in the first place, reports CBS New York. The prints were discovered to be missing on the morning of Oct. 30, though the site's alarm had been set the previous night. Police also say there were no signs of forced entry, and the photos were returned less than a week later. The gelatin-silver prints were made by Alex V. Sobolewski to document Schneemann’s nude performance art and are part of the exhibit “Carolee Schneemann: Kinetic Painting," per artnet.