Exquisite Early Picasso Oil with modern-day back story

This is an impressive museum-worthy piece from early in Picasso’s career. It is one of the more significant of Picasso’s paintings because it showcases the exquisite detail of which he was capable. Its authenticity is supported by 1930 Gallerie Wunsche documents attached verso. The antique frame in which it is set is equally impressive. It was initially consigned for sale by the patriarch of a Venezuelan family to help finance their escape from the Maduro government. It was carried over the river into Columbia and sent on to Lima for cleaning and restoration. When the work was complete our client bought it as he had agreed to do to help the family finance their escape. The painting was then shipped on to Scottsdale to be sold – and promptly got seized at the post office by the country’s cultural affairs office who saw it as an original Picasso and a national treasure being illegally exported. (See Pintura de origen republicano es incautada en almacén de Serpost en Los Olivos: iba a ser enviada ilegalmente a galería en EE.UU. ). It has now been released because the cultural affairs office determined that the painting came from Venezuela and was therefore not seizable as part of the national patrimony. The family who sold it to finance their departure from Venezuela refuses to be identified for obvious reasons, as a result, its provenance is incomplete and we cannot guarantee it as authentic even though it is almost certainly is. We can guarantee that it is not on Interpol’s list of stolen paintings. Note: There is an investor willing to buy a significant minority interest, with the main buyer having full possession, if the buyer in possession will agree to have it forensically tested and sold by Sotheby’s or Christies when either of them begins accepting forensics evidence as proof of authenticity. Inquire for details.