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Man wins €1m Picasso painting in €100 charity raffle
All 120,000 tickets sold worldwide, and the roughly €11 million charity share will fund Alzheimer’s research in France.
- On Tuesday, a Parisian man named Ari Hodara won a $1 million Pablo Picasso painting after purchasing a $117 raffle ticket during a draw at Christie in Paris to support Alzheimer-related research.
- Organized by The Alzheimer Research Foundation, the raffle sold 120,000 tickets worldwide, with the Paris-based charity having raised over 10 million euros through previous medical research efforts since its 2004 founding.
- The winning ticket secured the 1941 work 'Head of a Woman,' a portrait of Dora Maar, while the raffle netted 12 million euros with 1 million euros paid to the Opera Gallery, which owned the painting.
- Upon receiving the call, Hodara questioned if the win was a hoax, then said, "First, I will tell the news to my wife, who has yet to return from work," and plans to keep the painting.
- This marks the third Picasso raffle since 2013, following a Pennsylvania man who won 'Man in the Opera Hat' and an Italian accountant who received a 'Still Life' painting in 2020.
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Sorteo Picasso Solidario A stroke of luck has transformed the life of Ari Hodara, who after acquiring a share of just 100 euros, has become the owner of an original work by Pablo Picasso. The award, a paper guache entitled Tête de femme (1941) where the artist portrayed his partner Dora Maar, has a valuation of one million euros and comes from a prestigious private collection managed by Opera Gallery. The draw, held at the iconic auction house C…
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Parisan Ari Hodar won the Pablo Picasso painting, worth about a million euros, and the art was played on a charity lottery that cost 100 euros.
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