French customs seized a painting by Picasso worth 25 million euros
ARTinvestment.RU   04 августа 2015

"Portrait of a young woman" prohibited by the court of Spain to be exported from the country, was discovered on a yacht off the coast of French Corsica

Picasso worth 25 million euros, recognized cultural value and are prohibited to be exported from Spain, was seized on a yacht off the coast of Corsica, said French vlasti@

As stated by the head of the French customs, the work of Picasso "Head of a young woman" wanted to take to Switzerland. The captain of the yacht, where he was found painting, was able to provide only two accompanying document to it, one of which was the decision of the Spanish court from may 2015, banning the export of this work with the territory Ispanii@

"Head of a young woman" are officially listed in the collection of the famous Spanish banker, now a 79-year-old Jaime Butene (Jaime Botin). Former Vice President of the Santander banking group was not on Board at the time of the confiscation of works by Picasso. The yacht is owned by this Bank and goes under the British flagon@

On the work it is known that in 2012 it wanted to export to the UK. Was issued a request for removal, however it was not Jaime Butene. The request was rejected by the Spanish Minister of culture with the statement that in Spain there is none like Picasso's work of this period. In 2015, the Spanish court ruled that the "Head of a young woman" is of special cultural value to the country and cannot be removed from Spain. Now French customs officers are awaiting a request from the Spanish authorities about the return kartini@

Sources: theguardian.com, yahoo.com, artinvestment.ru



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