In fact, four years ago, new circumstances — not in favor of the former electrician Picasso

Partial to the creative heritage of Picasso, must remember this loud history four years ago - about a former electrician painter, mysteriously received at its disposal 271 the work of Picasso. In a nutshell, the things were so. In the beginning of 2010 in the name of Claude Picasso - the artist's son and the chief custodian of his legacy - received a letter from a certain Pierre Le Genneka (Pierre Le Guennec) to confirm the authenticity of several of his father. Overcoming mistrust, the head of the Fund Picasso invited collector in Paris. What surprise Claude and his colleagues, when he found himself 271 previously unknown true work of Picasso: the cubist collages, watercolors, gouaches, drawings, lithographs Dating from 1900-1932 gotami@

the Owner claimed that the work had been given to him by Picasso in gratitude for setting the alarm on the three villas of the artist. Later, though, he began to argue that the gift was made him the second wife of the artist Jacqueline Rock. Neither of the versions of the administration of the Fund Picasso to believe didn't want such generosity is not combined with the nature of the artist. If he gave a single work, as a rule, left their donative inscriptions. On the things Les Genneka nothing like that, it means that they, apparently, never had to leave the walls of the Studio. The former electrician and his wife have been charged with possession of stolen goods, and the collection syali@

Since past four years, but the trial has been stalled due to lack of tangible evidence of theft. But there was one clue, which decided to hold on and finish the job (so that is, to give the attackers on the court and return the collection), the daughter of the widow Picasso Jacqueline Rock. It turned out that the family Le Genecov associated with the widow of the driver Picasso Maurice Brezno (Maurice Bresnu), which is also a suspect in the theft of a large number of works by the artist. Widow drivers for 75-year-old Pierre Le Genneku cousin and close friend. It seems that this entire group is suck up to the elderly artist to Rob. Maurice Brezno and his wife are dead, and they will not be able to answer before the law, but the trial of Pierre Le Genneka and his wife Danielle will finally take place on 10 February 2015 in the city of Grasse in the South of France. Kept for 30 years stolen collection by today's standards is estimated at about 100 million dollarov@

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

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