On November 20, 2004, a half year after the selling of A Boy With Pipe, the death of a German businessman Steve Georg madepeople really know the owner of this painting and a half-century beautiful lovestory behind the painting. Steve Georg was the mysterious buyer bidding billiondollars. He was not mad, but crazy for love.
The father of Steve Georg and father of Betty Whitney were close friends. Steve wasthe German Jews, but Betty was an American. When they were young, they bothlived in Sigafude Streetof Berlin andgrew up together. In 1905, Picasso completed his work A Boy With Pipe. Being changed for many times, this painting wascollected by the father of Steve Georg. Steve Georg took after the little Louisin the painting. Betty liked this painting very much. These two childrengradually liked a game. Whenever Betty wanted something, she would write a notebehind the painting A Boy With pipe, Stevesaw it and would always try to meet her expectations. Once, in order to satisfyBettys wish of going to Vienna to enjoy theconcert, 13-year-old Steve would sneakingly take the train for a dozen hours toVienna withBetty. When they got off the train, Steve was sent back to Berlin and severely punished by his father.
In1935, with the outbreak of the war, countless families became destitute andhomeless and this couple was also broke up. Betty and her family peacefullyreturned to America,but Steves family struggled in exile. After the war, Betty immediatelyreturned from the United Statesto Germanyaiming to look for her sweetheart. But after several twists and turns finallyshe got the news, the Steves family, with the exception of a few people fledto Africa, other people had died in the war. Betty was heartbroken, soon sheleft Germany.In 1949, Betty married to one of the American ambassador to Britain. In thesecond year she followed her husband to London.At Sotheby’s auction, Betty surprisingly thrilled to see A Boy With Pipe which was captured from Germany. Because it was able to befigured out who was the original owner, thus it was taken on auction. And itsauctioned money was handed over to the World Jewish Foundation. The startingprice of A Boy With Pipe was $10,000dollars, and Betty finally got this painting which she was familiar inchildhood with $28,000 dollars. When her trembling fingers gently stroking thepainting, her eyes blurred with tears as the happy childhood memory surfacedagain and seemed to be so real.
After years of chaos of war, A Boy With Pipewas fortunately intact. And Steve also like this painting, in Betty’s heart,was always handsome before breaking up. Steve was as very lucky as thispainting. He not only escaped from the war, but also met Betty again after28-year parting. After so many sufferings, to see this painting together waswhat Steve and Betty had been longing for. They had never expected this daycould be coming. After the surprise, all kinds of feelings welled up in theirhearts. Betty intended to return this painting which originally belonged to himto Steve, but Steve did not accept and he hoped it would be continually savedby her. At that time, Steve was still single and became the best friend ofBetty and her husband. 50 years later, Steve finally got married and hadchildren. In 2001, Betty died. Before her death, she said again to return thispainting to Steve, but Steve still did not accept. Then Betty left last wordsthat if Steve still refused to accept this painting, then her children wouldauction this painting. The auctioned money could be divided into 3 portions,her children, World Childhood Foundation and charity organization named bySteve Georg. At the end of 2003, a year and a half later of Bettys death,according to her will, A Boy With Pipe was auctioned and Steve mysteriously gotit. This painting accompanied him until he died. It was said that Steve hadbeen China Horizontal Flue Kits Manufacturers seeing the boy in the painting before dying and he surely saw himself andBetty during their childhood.
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