Picasso's Granddaughter To Sell His Cannes Villa for $170 Million

   

Few weeks ago, the Picasso painting - Pablo Picasso’s Women Of Algiers became the most expensive painting ever sold at auction when it went for £115million at Christie's in New York (picture after cut).
Now Picasso's granddaughter (picture main page) has said that selling his villa in Cannes for £100million will help her get over the bitter memories she has of the celebrated Spanish artist.

 

Marina Picasso, 64, has reportedly received an offer of almost £110million for the majestic villa, called 'La Californie' - which she inherited at the age of just 22.

 

She has spoken out about the artist being cold and distant towards her when she was a child - and has said that he abandoned her family to live in poverty.

 

Ms Picasso says that now that her five children are grown up, she is selling the property in a bid to   'turn the page on a rather painful story'.

 

'It is not a house where I have a lot of good memories,' she told the Nice-Matin newspaper.

 

'I saw very little of my grandfather there. I understand that he may have been captivated by painting and nothing else was more important to him.

'But when you are a child, you do not see it like that.'

She remembers being brought to the majestic house to visit the artist as child by her father Paulo - where they would be told to wait at the gate until he finished working.

 

But despite having a famous grandfather, she has said that she grew up in poverty with Picasso unwilling to provide any financial help to her family.

 

 

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