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''La Coiffeuse'' (English: ''The Hairdresser'') is an
oil on canvas Oil painting is a painting method involving the procedure of painting with pigments combined with a drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on canvas, wood panel, or copper for several centuries. ...
painting by
Pablo Picasso Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, Ceramic art, ceramicist, and Scenic ...
that he created in 1911. It was painted in the early
Cubist Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement which began in Paris. It revolutionized painting and the visual arts, and sparked artistic innovations in music, ballet, literature, and architecture. Cubist subjects are analyzed, broke ...
style, known as Analytical Cubism, which Picasso pioneered. The painting has been valued at $15m (£10m). It was reported as stolen from Paris'
Centre Georges Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the (), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the architectural team of ...
in 2001, but then recovered in a shipment from Belgium to Newark, New Jersey, in December 2014. It was returned to Centre Pompidou in 2015.


Description

This oil on canvas painting was created by Pablo Picasso in the spring of 1911, and is an example of Picasso's Cubist artworks. It measures 33 cm x 46 cm.


Theft

In 2001, ''La Coiffeuse,'' which had been bequeathed to the French government, was stolen from a storeroom of the
Centre Georges Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the (), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the architectural team of ...
in Paris. In 2015, it was discovered wrapped in parcel paper in a shipment upon arrival in Newark, New Jersey. The painting had been sent by
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from Belgium and the sender had described it as an "art craft/toy" valued at €30 ($37). The shipping documents read "''Joyeux Noël''" (Merry Christmas). The package raised suspicions as it was being sent to a climate-controlled storage facility. After being verified for authenticity by French art experts, it was returned to the French embassy in Washington, DC. The painting was officially repatriated in a ceremony at the French embassy. It was returned to Centre Georges Pompidou but required five months of restoration due to poor storage conditions.


Provenance

The painting was originally acquired by the art dealer
Ambroise Vollard Ambroise Vollard (; 3 July 1866 – 21 July 1939) was a French art dealer who is regarded as one of the most important dealers in French contemporary art at the beginning of the twentieth century. He is credited with being a major supporter an ...
in the 1940s. It entered the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in 1967 as part of the bequest of Georges Salles.


External links

*
La Coiffeuse
' at Centre Pompidou


See also

* '' Portrait of Ambroise Vollard'' * ''
Le pigeon aux petits pois ''Le pigeon aux petit pois'' (English: ''Pigeon with peas''), sometimes referred to as ''Dove with green peas'', is a 1911 oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso. It is an example of Picasso's Cubist works and has an estimated value of €23 mill ...
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Cubism Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement which began in Paris. It revolutionized painting and the visual arts, and sparked artistic innovations in music, ballet, literature, and architecture. Cubist subjects are analyzed, broke ...
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List of Picasso artworks 1911–1920 Gallery File:Pablo Picasso, 1910-11, Guitariste, La mandoliniste, Woman playing guitar, oil on canvas.jpg, Pablo Picasso, 1910–11, ''Guitariste, La mandoliniste (Woman playing guitar or mandolin)'', oil on canvas File:Pablo Picasso, 1911, La F ...


References

Paintings by Pablo Picasso Stolen works of art 1911 paintings Oil on canvas paintings Recovered works of art Paintings in the Musée National d'Art Moderne {{20C-painting-stub