director Ibiza Museum of Contemporary Art (MACE)provided information on a “preliminary basis”, alleged picasso Customs officers seized at the airport on July 5 Ibiza it is original, According to the statement made by the Tax Office. After the intervention to the study, various transactions were made with the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Fine Arts of the Ministry of Culture, and the Museum Director, a contemporary art expert from the Ministry of Finance, was contacted.
The study still awaits various tests for authentication.
The Mexican national and 64-year-old man carrying the business set foot on the island. from Switzerland with an alleged painting by the Malaga artist in a cardboard cylinder. When asked by Civil Guard agents if he had a stated purpose, the man said no. While searching his belongings, Customs Surveillance Service agents found the Picasso painting, but the Mexican continued to deny that he had to declare it because. claimed it was fakeAs can be substantiated on an invoice presented with a value of 1,450 euros. But the document had a later date, specifically July 7.
Given these facts, the agents began an extensive search of hand luggage and found one here. second invoice It was published by an art gallery in Zurich, according to the Tax Office. On this occasion, the date was October 2021. The title of the work appeared in the concept. ‘Three Characters’ The year 1966 and the value attributed to it 450,000 Swiss FrancsAn equivalent amount in euros.
At that time, the customs authorities intervened in the plate for an assumed period. smuggling crime, It was introduced to Spain without a declaration from Switzerland and its value was set at 150,000 euros, which exceeds legal limits.
The action was initiated, they announced after receiving information from the Ministry of Finance to the Permanent Operational Coordination Center of the Customs Department of the Swiss Customs that a passenger was present on the Zurich-Ibiza commercial flight. Art”In cases where the Swiss authorities consider it suspicious“.
At that time an operation was organized at the Ibiza airport consisting of customs officers and Civil Guard agents, to interfere with the business if the man introduced without declaring, as it was later.
Source: Informacion
