Cubist Picasso painting "the Barber" stolen from the vault of the Centre Georges Pompidou in 2001, this winter was intercepted on the American customs: it tried to export as a Christmas gift

Today the us government will spend in the building of the French Embassy in Washington the solemn transfer of the painting of Pablo Picasso "Hairdresser", stolen in 2001 from the storage Centre Georges Pompidou@

paintings of Picasso's "Barber" was bequeathed to the French people one of the former Directors of the National Museum Association. She was last exhibited in a temporary exhibition in Munich. Work is then returned to Paris and was placed in storage at the Centre Pompidou. However, when in November 2001 the Museum was again asked to submit work for exhibition, the "Barber" in the vault was not found. Was drawn up a statement of propaga@

job Location remained unknown until December 2014, when the U.S. customs intercepted her on the way from Belgium to Newark, new Jersey). The FedEx parcel was given for a Christmas gift: it was written in French "merry Christmas!".

Sender of the parcel, referred to in court documents simply by Robert, marked the goods as "artistic crafts/toy" worth 37 dollars. The real cost of Picasso's "Barber" at the time of abduction in 2001 was 2.5 million dollars, and now it can cost several times doroge@

in the last four years the U.S. to return stolen paintings France for the fourth time. "It's wonderful that we were able to return the product of such a high cultural value, says the transmission pattern former head of the FBI wanted list of stolen works of art Robert Whitman. — It means a lot to the country where we return the canvas. This means a lot to everyone."

"to 90 % stolen works of art of such high rank, as this Picasso, find, K. black market for such works is extremely narrow, says Whitman. Buyers usually require supporting documentation, which thieves have no".

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Источники: bloomberg.com, usatoday.com, artinvestment.ru