American collector paid $ 155 million for the "Dream"

[John Preston]

As reported by Bloomberg, collector Steven Cohen (Steven Cohen) acquired the casino owner Steve Wynn (Steve Wynn) Pablo Picasso's Le Reve ( Dream) . For the painting was paid $ 155 million - the highest price ever paid for a work of American art collector and the second largest in the history of the art market. The largest private transaction for still buying the royal family of Qatar, " Card Players " by Paul Cezanne ($ 250 million). In 2006, Cohen and Winn has agreed on a deal to " The Dream " ( then the picture was estimated at $ 139 million), but the painting was accidentally torn by the owner, and the deal was stopped. It is reported that Cohen - one of the largest and most influential art collectors in the world , he has been promoted skyrocketing auction prices . (So ​​it was with the famous shark Deymiana Hirst that Cohen eventually bought for $ 8 million) also Hirst and svezhepriobretennogo Picasso in the collection are an American collector , Van Gogh , Manet , De Kooning , Cezanne , Warhol, Johns, Richter and other artists.