A piece on paper by Pablo Picasso left Madrid two weeks in the past and has not been accounted for between there and its supposed vacation spot in Granada, in line with a report on Thursday in El Pais.
“The work, half a web page in measurement, apparently left the headquarters of the corporate that transported it from Pinto (Madrid) together with 56 different items,” reads the report by Javier Arroyo. “All of them arrived and at the moment are on show within the exhibition ‘Nonetheless Life. The Eternity of the Inert’ on the CajaGranada Cultural Heart. All traces of the Picasso piece appear to have evaporated throughout a most peculiar journey.”
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Stiff Life with Guitar, from 1919, belongs to an unnamed non-public collector and is claimed to have been insured for €600,000 (round $700,000). In response to police investigating the presumed theft, the automobile transporting the work together with 56 different items touring to the identical exhibition stopped in a single day—a curious transfer, given the drive-time between Madrid and Granada is just about 4 hours and the in a single day cease was lower than 20 miles away from the ultimate vacation spot.
“There, the 2 individuals on board, apparently and with little luck, took turns watching over the gadgets being transported,” stated El Pais, which famous “this newspaper has tried, with out success, to contact the logistics firm accountable for the switch.”
After the artworks had been delivered to the CajaGranada Cultural Heart the following day, staff on the establishment found that an particularly notable one—by Picasso—was lacking. The supply is claimed to have occurred in a video-surveilled space, however, in line with the exhibition supervisor, “not all of the packaging was correctly numbered, [so] it wasn’t attainable to conduct an intensive examine with out unpacking.” The group of works delivered remained at CajaGranada over the weekend and, after cautious stock was taken on Monday morning, Stiff Life with Guitar was discovered to be lacking.
In an announcement, the CajaGranada Basis stated, “We’ve got additionally put ourselves on the disposal of these investigating, and we’ve got full religion that the case will likely be correctly resolved.”
After practically two weeks the work stays unaccounted for. Police stated they’re attempting to find out when the work disappeared, and that no arrests have been made as of but.
Pablo Picasso, Nonetheless Life with Guitar, 1919.
