Feeling sorry for Steven A. Cohen, whose SAC Capital just settled two
insider-trading lawsuits with the government for $616 million? Save it for the other 99%. Cohen has bought
himself a gift — Picasso’s “Le Rêve” for $155 million, the Ny Post has exclusively
learned.
Billionaire Cohen secretly bought the masterpiece from Vegas
mogul Steve Wynn, who famously put his elbow through the 1932 painting of
Picasso’s mistress, creating a six-inch tear. The price is estimated to be the highest ever
paid for an artwork by a US collector — and it’s even more impressive because
Wynn had previously agreed to sell the masterpiece to Cohen for $139 million in
2006, but accidentally tore the painting the following day….
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