'Picasso' found on Capri

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 30 - An alleged painting by Pablo Picasso was found in a Capri villa 50 years ago and has now been attributed to the Spanish Cubist great by the family that had unwittingly hung it in their living room for the past few decades, Il Giorno newspaper reported Monday.
    The painting, titled 'Buste de Femme Dora Maar' after Picasso's long-time muse, was found by an unsuspecting junk-shop owner on the Bay of Naples island in the 1970s and has been in his family's possession since then.
    A "complex graphological examination has now shown it is by the genius of Malaga", Il Giorno said.
    "The signature saying 'Picasso' on the front of the original painting Buste de Femme. portrait of Dora Maar is autographed and attributable to the hand of the master while there is no evidence to demonstrate its apocryphal nature", the Milan newspaper said.
    It said a report had been delivered to Luca Gentile Canal Mercante, honorary president of the Arcadia Foundation, and "a researcher of hidden treasures who has taken to the field to unravel the mystery." photo: a Picasso exhibit in Valencia (ANSA).