The Billionaire, the Picassos and a $30 Million Gift to Shame a Middleman

In what appears at first glance to be a simple, magnanimous act, a Russian billionaire is poised this week to return two Picassos, valued at $30 million, to the artist’s stepdaughter, who says the works, both portraits of her mother — Jacqueline Roque, Picasso’s second wife — were stolen from her. The businessman, Dmitry E. Rybolovlev, owner of one of the world’s most valuable art collections, said in an interview last...
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