2023-08-24 21:16:55
Claude Ruiz Picasso, June 29, 2010 in Bern. SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP
Claude Ruiz Picasso, son of the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, died in Switzerland at the age of 76, announced his lawyer, Jean-Jacques Neuer, Thursday August 24, without specifying the cause.
“Claude Ruiz Picasso leaves his wife, Sylvie Vautier, wife Picasso, and two children, Jasmin and Solal”he adds in a press release sent to Agence France-Presse.
Claude Ruiz Picasso was administrator of the Picasso Estate, which takes care of the rights related to the artist and his work, from 1989 to 2023. Last July, he wanted to retire and leave his place to his sister Paloma.
Pablo Picasso had four children: Paul, his eldest son, born of his union with Olga Khokhlova and died in 1975; Maya, daughter of Marie-Thérèse Walter, who died in 2022; Claude and Paloma, born of his union with Françoise Gilot.
The Picasso Estate holds the monopoly of copyright and reproduction rights of the artist’s works, as well as personality rights, moral rights and trademark rights. It issues authentication certificates and fights against fakes, regularly taking legal action.
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