At the time, this price would have made Le Rêve the most expensive piece of art ever.
In October 2006, Wynn told a group of his friends (including the screenwriter Nora Ephron and her husband Nick Pileggi, the broadcaster Barbara Walters, the art dealer Serge Sorokko and his wife, the model Tatiana Sorokko and the lawyer David Boies and his wife, Mary) that he had agreed the day before to sell Le Rêve for $139 million to Steve Cohen. During a period of anti-French sentiment in the United States in response to France's opposition to the United States' proposed invasion of Iraq, Wynn decided it was inadvisable to give the resort a French name. In 2006, the painting was the centerpiece of Wynn’s collection and he had considered naming his Wynn Las Vegas resort after it. Cohen of SAC Capital had bought the painting from Wynn for $155 million. On March 26, 2013, the New York Post reported that Steven A. In 2001, under financial pressure, he sold Le Rêve to casino magnate Steve Wynn for an undisclosed sum, estimated to be about $60 million. The buyer who purchased Le Rêve at Christie's in 1997 appears to have been the Austrian-born investment fund manager Wolfgang Flöttl, who also briefly held Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. The total amount paid by the Ganzes over their lifetime of collecting these pieces was around $2 million. The entire collection set a record for the sale of a private collection, bringing $206.5 million. Le Rêve sold for an unexpectedly high $48.4 million, at the time the fourth most expensive painting sold (tenth when taking inflation into account). After the Ganzes died (Victor in 1987 and Sally in 1997), their collection, including Le Rêve, was sold at Christie's auction house on November 11, 1997, as a means of settling their inheritance tax bill. This purchase began their 50-year collection of works by just five artists: Picasso, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, and Eva Hesse. In the spirit of 'Remix People' the project also looks beyond our borders to promulgate a United Europe, but also gives a voice to refugees, humanitarian associations and politicians and citizens of the region.Le Rêve was purchased for $7,000 in 1941 by Victor and Sally Ganz of New York City. Putting the person, the individual, sometimes so different from each other, at the centre of our program is the common thread of this project. The participation of people of different nationalities, backgrounds and beliefs has resulted in a programme that will roll out unique ideas and concepts, open to visitors far beyond the borders of our city. It also aims to show the cultural richness of religious buildings and the contribution made by renowned artists during guided tours and open doors events.Ī book " Traces religieuses dans la Capitale Européenne de la culture" ('Religious Traces in the European Capital of Culture') will be one of the lasting elements of the project together with a future inter-religious collaboration.
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The access to the different productions will be mostly free and accessible to disabled people, so that everyone can participate in these intercultural moments that will show the diversity of our communities.
A programme elaborated in 66 stages which will take place on the different religious sites of Esch and in public places. Concerts, exhibitions, conferences, shows for all ages will go hand in hand with some culinary moments that will allow for the appreciation of different cultures.
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