The Picasso Discovered in a Closet After 50 Years Sold at Auction

“Le Tricorne” is signed and dated in the year 1919. 

Source: John McInnis Auctioneers

Amesbury, Mass. (AP) -- A mixed-media painting attributed to Pablo Picasso has been sold after spending 50 years in a closet in a house in Maine.

John McInnis Auctioneers, based in Massachusetts, confirmed that the painting entitled “Le Tricorne” sold on Saturday, the Boston Globe reported.