America returns stolen Picasso painting La Coiffeuse to France

U.S. authorities returned the stolen $15 million Picasso painting “La Coiffeuse” to France on Thursday, nine months after it was found in a FedEx shipment listed as a $37 handicraft. U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldana turned over the 1911 cubist oil painting to French officials in a ceremony at the French Embassy. “La Coiffeuse,” or “The Hairdresser,” was last displayed in 1998 in Munich, Germany, and was returned to the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris. The museum reported it stolen from its archives in 2001.

We’re so glad that it’s going to be shown to the world again.

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldana

Arts Pablo Picasso