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Picasso drawing raffled to raise funds for ancient Tyre

Howard Lake | 13 September 2013 | News

Most charities run raffles to raise funds. Few, however, will be able to offer a genuine Picasso as the prize.

The International Association to Save Tyre is raffling Picasso's drawing Homme au Gibus (Man with Opera Hat) to raise funds for its work to protect the UNESCO World Heritage site that was damaged in the Lebanese civil war.

Tickets, while are on sale internationally, cost €100 or £84. A maximum of 50,000 tickets will be sold.

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The drawing was bought by the charity, and it took two years to secure approval for it to be raffled internationally and online.

1 Picasso for 100 Euros

Promoted as 1 Picasso for 100 Euros, the raffle began earlier this year with promotions in Washington and the Middle East. The drawing will be displayed in London next month with the draw taking place on 18 December. If all tickets sell, the charity will raise £4.2 million.

Péri Cochin, the French journalist whose mother set up the charity in 1980, explained: "We asked several partners like Sotheby's to be on our side and support us" to help demonstrate that the raffle was genuine. The raffle also has the support of Picasso's family.

 

 

Image: L’Homme au Gibus – Pablo Picasso 1914, ©Succession Picasso 2013. Used with permission.

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