Overview

• The 1919 gouache Still Life with Guitar, measuring about 12.7 by 9.8 centimeters and insured for roughly €600,000, failed to turn up for CajaGranada’s still-life exhibition.
• The shipment was consolidated in Madrid on September 25, left on October 2, made an unplanned overnight stop in Deifontes near Granada, arrived on October 3, and the absence was discovered during unpacking on October 6.
• CajaGranada says some packages were improperly numbered, a delivery receipt was signed before a full inventory could be done, and venue CCTV over the weekend showed no incident.
• Police are reviewing footage from the Madrid storage site, the Deifontes stop, and the museum to determine whether the painting disappeared before departure or during transit, and no arrests have been reported.
• Authorities have entered the work into an international stolen‑art database, Spain’s art‑crime unit is coordinating with Interpol and Europol, and the exhibition opened without the Picasso as the foundation cooperates with the inquiry.