Thieves have stolen parts of a lead sculpture by the German contemporary artist Anselm Kiefer from a warehouse in France, representing a loss of more than $1m (£785,000), a prosecutor said on Friday. Kiefer, 78, is renowned for his bleak sculptures and installations confronting his country’s Nazi past, which sell for millions. Several of his works have featured oversized lead books. The burglars broke into the grounds of the artist’s warehouse in the town of Croissy-Beaubourg, east of Paris, on Thursday before dawn, according to the prosecutor in the nearby town of Meaux, Jean-Baptiste Bladier. “CCTV footage showed four individuals...