Art restitution

Picasso’s The Weeping Woman: reward and recovery revisited

Melbourne, Australia · Source report date:

Pablo Picasso, Weeping woman, 1937. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. © Succession Picasso / Copyright Agency.
Pablo Picasso, Weeping woman, 1937. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. © Succession Picasso / Copyright Agency. Image source ↗
Archive · outcome documented
A$50,000

Victorian government

Historical offer; see the documented outcome below.

A$50,000 was offered in 1986. The painting was recovered undamaged that year; this is a historical offer.

Payment and eligibility are governed by the reward provider’s conditions.
Source checked · 7 Nov 2026
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SBS revisited the 1986 theft of The Weeping Woman from the NGV. Victoria’s government offered A$50,000 for information leading to recovery. The painting was found undamaged that August. This reward belongs to a recovered-artwork case.

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Individual artwork identification details have not yet been documented in this record. Missing specifications are not inferred from the photograph or report headline.

Not documented in this record: object type · materials & technique · measurements · inscriptions & markings · distinguishing features · artwork title · maker / attribution · creation date / period · subject.

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Identification details follow the Object ID categories where documented. Ownership history is recorded separately; this documentation is not an authentication or a certificate of ownership.

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