Picasso works given £55m antiques valuation
The 271 items had never previously been seen
A set of previously undiscovered works by Pablo Picasso were unveiled to the world yesterday (November 29th).
The 271 Picasso works, including original sketches, paintings and collages, have been given an initial antiques valuation of £50.5 million.
An electrician from the south of France, who once worked for the Picasso family, had possession of the items but had never previously revealed them.
Claudia Andrieu, legal counsel for the Picasso Foundation, told Reuters Television there are a number of legitimate questions about where the paintings came from.
She said: "We are discovering new pieces, completely unknown pieces that had never been printed in any book."
Among the works are nine extremely rare Cubist collages, a watercolor from Picasso's Blue period, several painted hand studies, some 30 lithographs and over 200 drawings, reports Reuters.
Posted by Keith Leicester
In June this year a Blue Period portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto sold at Sotheby's in London for more than £34 million.