Agents working for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement located and recovered the painting in New York , where it was being offered for sale , on May 21 . ` Picasso 's `` Compotier et tasse , '' valued at $ 11.5 million , was for sale in New York . The painting is a portrait of the artist and his wife Marie-Thérèse Tassier, who died on July 11, 1912 after an illness that left her with severe arthritis. The would-be seller is accused of bilking the city of Naples of $ 44 million in tax revenue .
Picasso 's `` Compotier et tasse , '' valued at $ 11.5 million , was for sale in New York . The painting is a portrait of the artist and his wife Marie-Thérèse Tassier, who died on July 11, 1912 after an illness that left her with severe arthritis. The would-be seller is accused of bilking the city of Naples of $ 44 million in tax revenue .