You Won't Believe the Masterpiece One Man Found in His Attic
Dominic Currie, 58, of Kircaldy, Scotland, was cleaning out his attic when he pulled a rolled-up canvas out of an old suitcase.
"We had to tease it open because it had been curled up for decades," Currie told Fife Today. "We started looking at it seriously and were absolutely dumbfounded. It was a bizarre, surreal moment."
The oil painting contained a striking signature on the bottom right corner: Picasso.
Kelly Muir The suitcase, which once belonged to Currie's mom, Annette, also held handbags, travel papers, clothes, Russian money, and a photograph of a man in military attire. Currie, whose grandparents raised him, had grown up believing that his mother was his sister. It wasn't until the late '80s that he learned the truth. Then, two years before her death in 2000, Currie's mother revealed that Dominic's biological father was Nicolai Vladimirovich, a Soviet soldier whom she had met while on vacation in Poland at age 19.
Currie's mom also disclosed that her lover had given her a valuable painting during one of their subsequent reunions. Nicolai had hoped that she would sell it — his way of providing financial support for his infant son. Currie didn't fully believe the story until he found the canvas for himself.
"Maybe the Russian explained what it was but when she looked at it she thought it was the ugliest thing she had seen in her life," Currie told the newspaper, adding that he didn't think his mother was versed in the art world. "Saying that, she never threw it out."
Currie is currently awaiting the results of an appraisal by experts at Christie's auction house. If the work of art turns out to be legitimate, he plans to auction it. The last Picasso that sold at Christie's, Les Femmes d'Alger, went for a record-breaking $$$ million.
Read the full story at Fife Today.
"We had to tease it open because it had been curled up for decades," Currie told Fife Today. "We started looking at it seriously and were absolutely dumbfounded. It was a bizarre, surreal moment."
The oil painting contained a striking signature on the bottom right corner: Picasso.
Currie's mom also disclosed that her lover had given her a valuable painting during one of their subsequent reunions. Nicolai had hoped that she would sell it — his way of providing financial support for his infant son. Currie didn't fully believe the story until he found the canvas for himself.
"Maybe the Russian explained what it was but when she looked at it she thought it was the ugliest thing she had seen in her life," Currie told the newspaper, adding that he didn't think his mother was versed in the art world. "Saying that, she never threw it out."
Currie is currently awaiting the results of an appraisal by experts at Christie's auction house. If the work of art turns out to be legitimate, he plans to auction it. The last Picasso that sold at Christie's, Les Femmes d'Alger, went for a record-breaking $$$ million.
Read the full story at Fife Today.
From: Country Living US
By Maria Carter
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