Picasso's La Coiffeuse (The Hairdresser). Image: Associated Press, via
It's an admittedly belated Christmas miracle, but the Department of Justice recently announced that on December 17, 2014, long-lost Picasso painting La Coiffeuse mysteriously reappeared in Queens. The $2.5 million Cubist artwork was discovered inside of a package deceptively labeled as a $37 “art craft toy” with a festive flourish—its as-of-yet unidentified Belgian sender marked the parcel, “Joyeux Noel.”La Coiffeuse, a 13 x 18 inch oil-on-canvas work, was stolen from the storeroom of a Centre George Pompidou in Paris in November 2001. The curious case will be handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York before the painting will be returned to Paris (sans, we imagine, holiday greetings). Via LA TimesRelated:The Great Mouse Detective: How 'Stuart Little' Uncovered a Lost PaintingHow Art Experts Discovered A Hidden Portrait Beneath A Picasso Masterpiece7 Hidden Art Secrets That Were Uncovered With Technology
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