US EditionPicasso Painting Vanishes en Route to Spanish Exhibition
- On Thursday, Spanish police are investigating after a $700,000 Pablo Picasso painting vanished while being transported from Madrid to Granada.
- Thieves frequently target Picasso works due to their high value, with two paintings selling for over $140 million in recent years and more than 100 stolen in 1976 from the Palais des Papes museum, Avignon.
- The delivery van arrived in Granada on the morning of Oct. 3 and was unloaded, but numbering problems made `an exhaustive check` impossible, and local reports said the van made an overnight stop.
- National police confirmed an active investigation into the disappearance of `Still Life with Guitar`, which had been due to appear at a CajaGranada foundation exhibition last week featuring pieces from private collections.
- Picasso's stature raises cultural stakes as Pablo Picasso is widely acknowledged as one of the most important artists, while high auction prices in recent years increase risks for collectors and museums.
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Picasso Painting Vanishes In Transit To Spanish Art Exhibition
A Pablo Picasso masterpiece has vanished without a trace — and Spanish police are scrambling to find it.The painting, Still Life with Guitar, worth around €600,000 ($700,000), disappeared while being transported from Madrid to Granada. It was meant for an exhibition organized by the CajaGranada foundation.It was supposed to go on display last week alongside other privately owned works — but it never made it.Authorities have launched an investiga…
Picasso painting vanishes on its way to exhibition after ‘suspicious overnight stop’
A priceless Picasso painting has vanished on its way to an exhibition after a suspicious overnight stop.The 1919 painting, Still Life with Guitar, was on its way from Madrid to Granada in Spain when it vanished.The police are investigating the suspected theft after the van it was being transported in took an unplanned stop.The journey is normally a four-hour drive but the couriers took an overnight stop in Deifontes, a small town 15 miles from G…
The Spanish police declared an investigation after a 19th-century map of Pablo Picasso disappeared during transport to a temporary exhibition organized in Granada, southern Spain, the region in which...
On September 25th, a small Picasso painting was retrieved from its owner in Madrid. On October 6th, conservators in Granada discovered the work was missing. The still life remains unaccounted for, and police are investigating.
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