irishspirit
29th November 2010, 18:49
* Frenchman who used to work on surrealist's estate had been keeping them in his garage on the Riviera
The art world was in shock today after learning that a retired electrician who worked for Pablo Picasso in the Seventies has come forward with 271 previously unknown works by the artist.
The staggering trove of lithographs, cubist paintings, notebooks and a watercolour is said to be authentic, with an estimated value of at least £50million.
Jean-Jacques Neuer, the administrator of Picasso's estate, says Pierre Le Guennec and his wife squirrelled away the collection in their garage on the French Riviera.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334091/Retired-electrician-Pierre-Le-Guennec-produces-271-unknown-Picasso-works.html#ixzz16hO6TT2T
WOW, Just wow! I am a MASSIVE, MASSIVE lover of this mans work, I cannot wait to see them all. I am like a child in a candy store.
The art world was in shock today after learning that a retired electrician who worked for Pablo Picasso in the Seventies has come forward with 271 previously unknown works by the artist.
The staggering trove of lithographs, cubist paintings, notebooks and a watercolour is said to be authentic, with an estimated value of at least £50million.
Jean-Jacques Neuer, the administrator of Picasso's estate, says Pierre Le Guennec and his wife squirrelled away the collection in their garage on the French Riviera.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334091/Retired-electrician-Pierre-Le-Guennec-produces-271-unknown-Picasso-works.html#ixzz16hO6TT2T
WOW, Just wow! I am a MASSIVE, MASSIVE lover of this mans work, I cannot wait to see them all. I am like a child in a candy store.