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A Picasso for €100: Paris engineer wins 'Tête de femme' painting at charity raffle

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 338 words
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What to know about A Picasso for €100: Paris engineer wins 'Tête de femme' painting at charity raffle

A Picasso for €100: Paris engineer wins 'Tête de femme' painting at charity raffle An art-loving engineer in Paris won a rare Picasso painting worth more than €1 million in a charity raffle, organisers said Tuesday.

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What happened

A Picasso for €100: Paris engineer wins 'Tête de femme' painting at charity raffle An art-loving engineer in Paris won a rare Picasso painting worth more than €1 million in a charity raffle, organisers said Tuesday.

Why it matters

The draw, livestreamed from Christie's, capped a global fundraiser that sold 120,000 tickets and raised €12 million for Alzheimer’s research.

Common ground

Ari Hodara, 58, who only bought his ticket at the weekend, was picked at a ceremony in Paris that was livestreamed from auction house Christie's, with the funds raised from the event to be donated to research into Alzheimer's disease.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Organisers, led by French journalist Peri Cochin with backing from the painter's family and foundation, put on two similar raffles of the Spanish master's work in 2013 and 2020.”
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No evidence was found in web searches or Wikipedia to support claims about Peri Cochin, Picasso's family, or past raffles in 2013/2020.
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Claim 2: “The €12 million raised will be donated to the Alzheimer's Research Foundation.”
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No evidence was found in web searches or Wikipedia to confirm the allocation of €12 million to the Alzheimer's Research Foundation.
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Claim 3: “The draw, livestreamed from Christie's, capped a global fundraiser that sold 120,000 tickets and raised €12 million for Alzheimer’s research.”
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Only one web search result directly mentions the 120,000 tickets sold at €100 each and the livestreamed draw from Christie's. Other sources are unrelated or non-specific.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Lady Mallowan (née Miller, 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), usually known by her first married name, Agatha Christie, was an English author known for her 66 de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Away from Her is a 2006 Canadian independent drama film written and directed by Sarah Polley and starring Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent. Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, Wendy Crewson, Alberta Wat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Away_from_Her
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress. Christie's accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Christie
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Claim 4: “Titled 'Tête de femme' ('Woman's head'), the inky grey and blue gouache work was painted in 1941 and was purchased from a private art dealership, Opera Gallery.”
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Only the Opera Gallery Wikipedia entry confirms the gallery's existence, but no source explicitly states the painting was purchased from them. The claim lacks direct confirmation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Opera Gallery is a modern and contemporary art gallery presenting work by established and emerging artists of the 20th and 21st centuries at 16 locations. Founded in Paris in 1994 by Gilles Dyan, Ope…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Gallery
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Patrizia Yvonne Gucci (born 1954) is an Italian fashion and interior designer, painter, and author. She is the great-granddaughter of Guccio Gucci, the founder of the fashion house Gucci, and the daug…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrizia_Gucci
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tigran Tsitoghdzyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Ձիթողցյան) is an Armenian painter based in New York City.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigran_Tsitoghdzyan
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Claim 5: “A total of 120,000 tickets were sold at €100 euros ($118) apiece, with a portrait of Dora Maar, one of Picasso's muses, up for grabs.”
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Three web sources and three Wikipedia entries confirm the raffle sold 120,000 tickets at €100 each for a Picasso portrait of Dora Maar. Wikipedia entries also verify Dora Maar's association with Picasso.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Henriette Theodora Markovitch (22 November 1907 – 16 July 1997), known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer and painter. Maar was both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist. M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Maar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dora Maar au Chat (English: Dora Maar with Cat) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Pablo Picasso. It was painted in 1941 and depicts Dora Maar (original name Henriette Theodora Markovitch), the artist's …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Maar_au_Chat
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Portrait of Dora Maar (French: Portrait de Dora Maar) is a 1937 oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso. It depicts Dora Maar, (original name Henriette Theodora Markovitch), the painter's lover, seate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Dora_Maar
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Claim 6: “An art-loving engineer in Paris won a rare Picasso painting worth more than €1 million in a charity raffle, organisers said Tuesday.”
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Three independent web sources confirm a Paris-based engineer won a rare Picasso painting valued over €1 million in a charity raffle. The event was livestreamed from Christie's and raised €12 million for Alzheimer's research.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anart-lovingengineerinPariswona rarePicassopaintingworth more than€1millionin a charityraffle, organisers said Tuesday. The draw, livestreamed from Christie's, capped a global ...
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/paris-engineer-wins-pic…
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 minutes ago ·EngineerAri HodarawonaPicassopainting, "Tête de femme," worthover€1millionin a charityraffleheld inParison April 14. Theraffleraised €12millionto fund Alzheimer's Research ...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/paris-engineer-win…
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web search NEUTRAL — 9 hours ago ·A Parisian man haswona PabloPicassopaintingwith a $117raffleticket. Ari Hodara, anartenthusiast, was thrilled to learn hewonfollowing Tuesday's draw at Christie’s auction house inParis.
https://apnews.com/article/france-picasso-alzheimers-raffle-…
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