Picasso’s “Buste de Femme” Exhibited in Ramallah
Civil Administration will continue to assist in all future artistic and
cultural efforts
Date: 21/07/2011, 8:12 PM Author: IDF Website
http://www.idf.il/1086-12511-EN/Dover.aspx

On Thursday (July 21), the Civil Administration coordinated the shipment of
Pablo Picasso’s famous painting, “Buste de Femme” (1943) from the West Bank
city of Ramallah to the Netherlands.

For the past month, the International Academy of Art Palestine (IAAP) in
Ramallah exhibited the $4.3 million painting, allowing Palestinians to
experience the most valuable work of art to have ever been exhibited in the
West Bank. As part of a larger project, IAAP documented its experience in
requesting, transferring, exhibiting and returning the famous work of art.

Exhibited from June 24 to July 21, 2011, “Buste de Femme” is a 100”x80” oil
on canvas painting that was on loan from the Van Abbemuseum in the
Netherlands.

The Civil Administration was pleased to contribute to this endeavor and will
continue to assist in all future artistic and cultural efforts.