Own a Picasso for 100 euros! - A charitable organization is offering a work of art from the Spanish master Picasso as part of a charity lottery. For 100 euros you could walk away with a Picasso. The association proposes through a lottery, that will be used to finance a charitable project in Africa, a still life of 1921 by Pablo Picasso.
200,000 tickets will be sold for 100 euros. The painting valued at 1 million euros is entitled “Nature morte”. The organisation hopes to raise 20 million of which one million will be paid to the owner of the painting David Nahmad and the rest will be used to finance a project of the NGO care in Africa helping some 200,000 people in 150 communities in Cameroon, Madasgar and Morocco to access safe drinking water and sanitation. The draw will take place in Paris on January 6, 2020. Tickets are on sale on the internet.
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