The Dressing 33 cm by 46 cm, is estimated at 15 million. This small table Picasso is back this Thursday on French soil. Stolen from the late 90 Pompidou Center , the work was stopped in a single parcel in December, thanks to US Customs.
This painting was bequeathed to the National Museums by Georges Hall, the museum’s curator Louvre and head of the department of Asian art. This small-son of Gustave Eiffel was later became manager of Guimet museum . When he died in 1966 he bequeathed some of his works to the State, including The Dressing .
The conditions of unknown flight
Picasso painted it in 1911, in the midst cubist art. The canvas has a place in the collections of the Louvre, where it will be exposed regularly. Then the work disappeared between 1998 and 1999. The last time she will be seen at the Pompidou museum is March 15, 1998, while she is paid by France to Germany for an exhibition.
We are sure that the painting returned to Paris but in a reshuffle that will realize she disappeared reservations. “The loss is recorded in 2000, but nothing is known of the conditions of flight,” explains Dominique Rizet police specialist BFMTV justice.
A reported value of 30 euros
The table resurfaced in the United State in December 2014. He was sent to New York from Belgium December 17. We discover it in a container with packages shipped by boat. On the envelope the words “artcraft / 30E / Merry Christmas” is affixed. The declared value is 30 euros. We wanted to believe that this painting had only artisanal value for the vigilance of US customs.
“This discovery is not a coincidence, it has a history. There has information that circulated. It’s too hot to tell it because still dangerous, “mysteriously refers Rizet Dominique, who speaks of” an extraordinary story which can not be revealed in a while. There might suites, one might discover other things … “A small amusing anecdote: US customs officers had made a copy of the array to display in their office in the United States … but in reverse!
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