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CHRISTIE´S WITHDRAWS BLUE PERIOD PICASSO FROM AUCTION

LONDON, NEW YORK.- Christie’s and The Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation today announced that – with great reluctance – they will withdraw the magnificent Blue Period Portrait de Angel Fernández de Soto, 1903, that had been scheduled for sale at Christie’s New York sale of Impressionist and Modern Art this evening. The joint decision was the result of 11th-hour claims – claims that Christie’s and the Foundation believe to have no merit – about title to the picture.

Christie’s Americas president Marc Porter stated: “Despite the favorable ruling of the federal court dismissing their claims there, we have been informed by the litigant’s attorneys that they intend to file another suit in state court. A cloud of ...

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