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Article: UC-Berkeley student fights for rights to Picasso painting
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- June 24, 2003
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Regina Chen
University Wire
06-24-2003
(Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- Dressed in white, Sara Murphy stared downward, clasping the book between her fingertips.
Her fate is still being decided -- even though she passed away 28 years ago.
Murphy was a favorite model of Pablo Picasso, her likeness spread onto a canvas more than 80 years ago.
Now embroiled in a $10 million battle for ownership, UC-Berkeley law student Tom Bennigson is suing to bring the painting back to its rightful owner.
He was the heir of Picasso's "Femme en Blanc," albeit unknowingly, until the day he was contacted by The Art Loss Register, telling him the long-lost woman in white belonged to his ...