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Police Probe Disappearance of €600,000 Picasso During Madrid–Granada Transfer

Heritage investigators are assessing whether the 1919 still life was lost in transit or stolen after an unplanned overnight stop near Granada.

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Dos bodegones de Picasso en una exposición en Barcelona en 2008. EFE/XAVIER BERTRAL
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No es la primera vez que las obras del autor desaparecen: en 1976, cerca de 100 fueron robadas.

Overview

  • The missing work is Pablo Picasso’s 1919 painting 'Naturaleza muerta con guitarra' (Still Life with Guitar), insured for about €600,000.
  • Fundación CajaGranada filed a formal complaint on October 10 after the absence was discovered during unpacking on October 6 at the Centro Cultural CajaGranada.
  • Spain’s Brigada de Patrimonio Histórico, part of the UDEV unit of the Policía Nacional, is leading the case with no arrests or suspects publicly identified.
  • The consignment of more than 50 privately owned works left Madrid in early October after being stored on September 25 and made an unplanned overnight stop in Deifontes before reaching Granada.
  • The exhibition 'Bodegón | La eternidad de lo inerte' opened as scheduled without the Picasso while police work to determine where along the route the painting disappeared.