Paris, April 14, 2026 A Parisian engineer won an authentic Pablo Picasso painting valued at over €1 million after purchasing a €100 ticket in a charity raffle benefiting Alzheimer’s research.
Raffle Details and Winner
Ari Hodora, a 58-year-old engineer from Paris, became the lucky holder of Picasso’s 1941 work *Frauenkopf* (*Head of a Woman*) after buying a ticket over the weekend. The raffle, organized by French television host Péri Cochin and auction house Christie’s, sold 120,000 tickets at €100 each through the website www.1picasso100euros.com.
Hodora described his disbelief in a phone interview, revealing he had only recently purchased the winning ticket. The painting, part of Picasso’s wartime oeuvre, is one of several artworks the organizers have raffled for charitable causes since 2013.
Charity and Past Winners
The proceeds from the raffle will fund Alzheimer’s research, according to Christie’s. "Der Erlös der Veranstaltung, die das Auktionshaus Christie's organisiert hat, soll der Alzheimer-Forschung zugutekommen," the organizers stated. This marks the third time Cochin’s team has raffled a Picasso masterpiece for philanthropy.