Claude Ruiz Picasso, youngest son of Spanish artist, dies aged 76

 

 "As Picasso did not leave a will, the division of his holdings took six years and led to bitter divisions in the family. Eventually it was agreed that the works would be split between Claude, Paloma, Maya and two of his grandchildren, Marina and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso. Writer Deborah Trustman observed at the time that Picasso’s web of heirs “resembles one of [his] Cubist constructions – wives, mistresses, legitimate and illegitimate children (his youngest born 28 years after his oldest), and grandchildren – all strung on an axis like the backbone of a figure with unmatched parts.”"

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Claude Ruiz Picasso, youngest son of Spanish artist, dies aged 76 | Pablo Picasso | The Guardian