Olivier Widmaier Picasso

Picasso family hands over works to pay French tax

Published by Hurriyet on Wed, 09/22/2021 - 06:00

One of Picasso's daughters has given eight of his artworks and a book of drawings to the French state in lieu of inheritance tax at a ceremony on Sept. 20.

Six paintings and two statues by the Spanish master were handed over to the state-run Picasso Museum in Paris by his daughter Maya Ruiz-Picasso, his daughter by French model Marie-Therese Walter.