The Italian winner of a Picasso in the drawing of a charity lottery (for the benefit of CARE), as well as her son, who had offered the ticket, launched a call on Friday to interested museums to exhibit this painting, "difficult to keep at home " .
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Still under the surprise and not very versed in painting, Claudia Borgogno, resident of Ventimiglia, does not intend in the immediate future to resell her lot, "Still life", geometric composition in the newspaper and absinthe glass from 1921 valued at one million euros.
"I like my job, so I think I will continue to work. But it's a security for my son's future , ”she told AFP.
"I had never won anything before, even if sometimes I played a little lotto, but just like that. I didn't expect it and I didn't hope for it either, ”she said. The lottery ticket, bought for 100 euros, was a Christmas present from her son Lorenzo.
The latter now considers "difficult to keep (the table) at home, especially because of its value" .
"I don't think I will fix it on the wall. But it would be my pleasure to have it displayed in a museum, so that other people can share, look at this painting and feel its emotions, ” he says. Before launching a call: "We would like it to be exhibited in Europe or in the world, so that everyone can benefit from it." Immediately, the town hall of Ventimiglia would like to exhibit it.
This charity lottery "A Picasso for 100 euros" is to finance projects of access to water in Africa by the NGO CARE, in Madagascar, in Cameroon and in Morocco.
200,000 100 euro banknotes had been sold on the 1picasso100euros.com site, with the hope of raising 20 million euros. In the end, only 5.1 million euros had been collected.
One million euros was originally to be paid to the owner of the painting, collector David Nahmad, who decided to charge only 900,000 euros for the work. 4.2 million euros will therefore go to CARE projects.
