Picasso. “La Coiffeuse” (“The Hairdresser”). 1911.
A package supposedly containing a $37 piece of art was sent to the United States as a Christmas present. Police say it was actually a stolen Picasso, missing for more than 10 years. The artwork titled “La Coiffeuse” or “The Hairdresser” went missing in 2001 from storage at the Centre George Pompidou in Paris, France.
Painted in 1911 by the Cubist master, was recovered when it was shipped from Belgium to the United States in December. It was discovered by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and seized by Homeland Security Investigations. It will be returned to the French government, which owns the painting.