APTOPIX BRITAIN ART PICASSO

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APTOPIX BRITAIN ART PICASSO
Giovanna Bertazzoni, right, Christie's auction house head of Impressionist and Modern Art department, poses for the photographers in front of a 1903 Pablo Picasso painting entitled 'Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto' (The Absinthe Drinker), during a press view in central London, Wednesday March 17, 2010. According to the auction house, the masterpiece from the artist's celebrated Blue Period will be offered in auction on June 23, 2010, and is estimated to fetch between 30-40 million british pounds. All the proceeds will benefit the Andrew Lloyed Webber Foundation, a charity founded by the composer, focusing on the promotion of arts, culture and heritage in Britain. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)