Spanish police have found a Pablo Picasso painting worth about $700,000 that went missing earlier this month while being moved to an art show.
The 1919 artwork, titled Still Life with Guitar, belongs to a private collector in Madrid. It was meant to be displayed at the CajaGranada Foundation in southern Spain but was discovered missing when the delivery truck was unpacked on October 6.
Investigators believe the painting may never have been loaded onto the truck. Police did not disclose where it was eventually found.
Photos released by authorities show forensic experts inspecting the recovered package.
The CajaGranada Foundation said all other art pieces delivered to the museum were under video surveillance since their arrival. The museum hopes to include the Picasso painting in its exhibition, which opened on October 9 and runs until January 11.
Picasso’s artworks remain among the world’s most valuable. Two of his paintings recently sold for over $140 million each.
Born in Malaga in 1881, Picasso is widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He died in 1973.
