Picasso’s stolen paintings found in Serbia Automatic translate

Canvas Picasso "Tete de cheval" in 2008 was stolen from a Swiss art gallery. The authorities claim that it was found in Serbia.

The Horse’s Head (Tête de cheval)
Photo: Swiss Police / Associated Press

Swiss SF channel reports that two stolen paintings by Picasso, worth more than a million dollars, were discovered in Serbia. SF refers to the Swiss prosecutor’s office and clarifies that the oil paintings stolen three years ago are now in a safe place.

In a Friday program, prosecutor Charles Charles Faessler said Switzerland had already sent Serbia an official request to return the paintings. He did not mention the specific whereabouts of the canvases, just as he did not talk about the theft suspects.

These works, “Horse Head” (Tête de cheval), written by Picasso in 1962, and “Glass and Pitcher” (Verre et pichet), written in 1944, were stolen from a small vernissage in the town of Pfafficon, near Zurich, in February 2008 year. In turn, they were at the exhibition thanks to cooperation with the Sprengel Museum in Hanover.