Shared to the app by Thriftorthat, the clip is overlaid with the text: “Did someone just donate a real Picasso painting to Goodwill?”
The footage showcases a black and white stylized portrait of a woman with a high pony tail, staring off into the distance.
The piece is signed with Picasso’s signature and has a label affixed to the back of it that reads: “Oil on canvas, Sylvette 1954.”
Additionally, there are collection and exhibition stamps, and the canvas itself is pocked with age marks and weathering.
The clip, which can be viewed here, is captioned: “Is it real? we have no idea! #vintage #picasso #art #fyp #goodwill #goodwillbluebox #thrift.”
The painting is most likely a copy of 1954 work by Picasso which was on display in the Der Kunstverein in Bremen, Germany, back in 2014.
Picasso met Sylvette David, whom the image is off, in Vallauris on the Côte d’Azur, France, in the spring of 1954.
He consequently did many studies of the young woman, including one almost identical to the image in the TikTok video, save for thicker mark-making and more deliberate brush strokes.
The video has gained lots of traction online since it was shared on November 23, having gained 1.3 million views and nearly 4,000 shares.
Many people have also rushed to the comments section to share their thoughts on the suspicious artwork.
One person, User8436287075683, commented on the portraits similarity to pop star Ariana Grande, joking: “Finally some evidence that Picasso was an Ariana stan [fan].”
Another TikToker, Kent Navarrette, added: “Rip Picasso you would have loved Ariana Grande.”
Chr¡st¡na left at tongue-in-cheek comment, writing: “I’m an art historian with a masters and this is 100 percent real i had a class on this piece going missing in 1962 !!!! this is HUGE.”
Ayu admitted: “It still hasn’t clicked for me that Picasso died in 1973 bc I was like ‘how is a painting from the 1700s in that amazing of a shape.’”
Haus of the Rising Sun opined that if the portrait was real, then the owner should keep it for themselves, saying: “Why ON EARTH are people saying to donate it?!?!? You don’t owe museums anything [laughing-face emoji] [laughing-face emoji] [laughing-face emoji] cash out 100 percent and use the money for yourself of for others.”
Kyle Knapp mused: “Unfortunately that’s just a copy, but I’ll give you $10 for it.”
C0INMAN typed: “This is not the original, sorry! The original by Picasso, painted May 3rd 1954, is in the collection at the Kunsthalle Bremen.”
CoopNoop shared: “They probably tried to sell it only to find out from an appraiser that it wasn’t real and took it to goodwill.”
Newsweek has contacted Thriftorthat for comment.