Lloyd Webber Picasso returns to auction
FOLLOWING the confidential settlement made between The Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation and the heirs of Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Picasso’s 1903 portrait of his friend Angel Fernandez de Soto will be offered for sale at Christie’s in London on June 23 with an estimate of £30-40m.
The picture known as The Absinthe Drinker, was withdrawn from sale in 2006 just days before it was d…