Ventimiglia (Italy) (AFP)
The Italian winner of a Picasso in the drawing of a charity lottery, as well as her son who had offered him the ticket, launched a call on Friday to interested museums to exhibit this painting, "difficult to keep at home".
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 working. But it is 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 did not expect it and I did not expect 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 hang it on the wall. But I would be happy to display it in a museum, so that other people can share, look at this painting and feel its emotions," he said, throwing 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 tickets at 100 euros had been put on sale on the site "1picasso100euros.com", 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, the collector David Nahmad, who decided to charge only 900,000 euros for the work. 4.2 million euros will therefore go to CARE projects.
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