in case you haven't heard, an unprecedented 271 paintings by Picasso were found the day before yesterday. a french man and his wife came forward with the paintings, which the say were given to them by the artist and his wife. they have been kept in the couples garage and are estimated to be worth roughly $80 million.
this paintings, which was not one of the ones recovered, is the Portrait de Angel Fernandez de Soto. the painting dates to 1903. de Soto, who shared a studio with Picasso on more than one occasion, is shown in a bar with a glass of absinthe and a pipe, thus the alternate name for the painting: The Absinthe Drinker. de Soto was later killed in the Spanish Civil War.
for more information on the found paintings, check out this article from the Telegraph. I'll be interested to see how the debate about how the couple came to own the paintings unfolds!
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