Spanish police are investigating the disappearance of a Pablo Picasso portray, which vanished whereas in transit from Madrid to the southern metropolis of Granada for an exhibition, authorities stated on Thursday.
“Nonetheless Life with Guitar”, an oil-on-canvas portray valued at a modest €600 000 (R12.1 million), was scheduled to go on show at an exhibition organised by the CajaGranada basis final week, native newspaper Very best reported.
All items within the present come from personal collections, the inspiration stated.
Below investigation
Nationwide police sources confirmed that the portray’s disappearance was below investigation however offered no additional particulars, citing confidentiality guidelines.
Thieves have continuously focused Picasso works given their excessive worth – two of his work offered for greater than $140 million at auctions lately.
Some of the infamous thefts occurred in 1976, when greater than 100 of the artist’s work have been stolen from the Palais des Papes museum in Avignon, southern France.
The entire works have been finally recovered.
Lengthy profession
Pablo Picasso, who was born in 1881 in Malaga in southern Spain and died in 1973, is extensively acknowledged as probably the most necessary artists of all time.
He challenged typical concepts and experimented with a variety of kinds and themes all through his lengthy profession.
