INTERPOL alerts member countries to theft in Brazil of Picasso painting

‘Portrait of Suzanne Bloch’ by Pablo Picasso (1881- 1973) Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm

‘The Coffee Worker’ by Candido Portinari (1903-1962) Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm

‘Portrait of Susanne Bloch’, a Picasso oil on canvas measuring 65 x 54 cm, was stolen in the early hours by unknown intruders, along with ‘O Lavrador de Café’ (The coffee worker) by Candido Portinari, a major Brazilian artist, also oil on canvas and measuring 100 x 81 cm.

INTERPOL manages a database of stolen works of art, which is accessible to all its 186 member countries and circulates a DVD to a wider audience, notably police and customs services, museums, auction rooms, antique dealers, collectors and art lovers in general.

The DVD contains information on around 31,500 stolen works of art and cultural property items such as paintings, sculptures and tapestries, with multi-lingual search options based on different criteria; title of the work, name of the artist, description of the work or its dimensions and technique used.

Anyone with information about the theft or the whereabouts of the paintings is asked to contact the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Brasilia (ref. IP/PLANTAO/MT/DOC 261956) or the INTERPOL General Secretariat (ref. 2007/56081).

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