Overview
- Policía Científica opened and examined the recovered package on October 24 and confirmed it contains Picasso’s ‘Naturaleza muerta con guitarra’.
- National Police say the piece may never have been loaded onto the truck in Madrid, and no arrests have been reported as inquiries continue.
- The 1919 gouache, about 12.7 x 9.8 cm and owned by a private collector, is insured for roughly €600,000 and was slated for CajaGranada’s still-life exhibition.
- Key dates include storage in Madrid on September 25, loading and an overnight stop in Deifontes on October 2–3, absence detected on October 6, and a formal complaint and Interpol entry on October 10.
- Some outlets report a human-error scenario involving a package left in a building and taken in by a resident, a version under review that police have not confirmed.