A Missing Picasso Is Found, and a Small Spanish Town Loses Its Air of Mystery

A Picasso painting titled "Still Life With Guitar" was reported missing from a museum in Granada, Spain, and sparked caper fever in the small town of Deifontes, where it was temporarily parked overnight. The painting, created by Pablo Picasso in 1919, was supposed to be delivered to the CajaGranada Foundation, but instead was taken home by a woman who lived in the same building. Police announced on Friday that they had found the painting and determined it had never left its owner's property. The investigation revealed that the delivery men had declined an offer to park their white van in the hotel's garage, choosing instead to leave it on the street out of view of security cameras. No one has been charged with any crime. The painting was recovered after a weekslong nationwide art hunt.

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