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France seizes USD 27M Picasso masterpiece smuggled from Spain

Updated on: 05 August,2015 07:18 AM IST  | 
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French custom officials in the island of Corsica have seized a 24 million-euro (USD 27.4 million) masterpiece by Pablo Picasso that was banned from leaving Spain where it is considered a national treasure

France seizes USD 27M Picasso masterpiece smuggled from Spain

Paris: French custom officials in the island of Corsica have seized a 24 million-euro (USD 27.4 million) masterpiece by Pablo Picasso that was banned from leaving Spain where it is considered a national treasure.


Corsican authorities say in a statement today they were tipped off about an attempted smuggling of the prized 1906 painting, "Head of a Young Woman," to Switzerland.


The oil painting, which comes from the Cubist master's "pink period" and features a woman with long black hair, was seized from a boat cargo on Friday, when the captain was unable to produce a certificate.


On the boat, authorities say, a document was found in Spanish confirming that the work was of "cultural interest" and was banned from leaving Spain, Picasso's homeland.

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