For Pinault, the silver brush strokes evoke mountains, and he sees the painting as a meditation.
Pinault walks a fine line between being a student of artists and their patron.
Ms. Evangelista's attorney, William Beslow, declined to comment, as did Mr. Pinault's attorney, David Aronson.
Segalot, 43, has served as Pinault's primary art adviser for the last 16 years.
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The auto factory Pinault proposed to replace had been a site of labor demonstrations.
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The usually secretive Pinault (pea-KNOW) seems at pains to put on a public show.
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For the exterior Pinault commissioned a light sculpture by 39-year-old Danish artist Olafur Eliasson.
It was Mr Pinault senior who decided to jettison its European operations and focus on Africa.
And even Mr Pinault is rumoured to be toying with the idea of selling Christie's.
The Economist has seen a filing made by Mr Pinault with the insurance regulators in 1994.
However, it seems that Mr Pinault does have a strong case to answer in California.
Mr Pinault insists that all the filings he made with the insurance regulators were accurate.
That reciprocated his own role in the private company through which Mr Pinault controls his empire.
In June 1994, for example, he invited Mr Pinault to join the bank's board.
Mr Pinault and Mr Zeitz, who are both the same age, get along well.
Mr Galignani and Mr Pinault, however, had not been the only people eyeing Athena.
Mr Pinault added that he was confident of "significantly improving our operating and financial performances in 2013".
Hayek and Pinault have a child of their own, Valentina, born less than a year after Augie.
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After Pinault's first Stingel purchase, Geuna took him to meet the Italian artist in his New York studio.
But like the pharaohs before him, Pinault has his eye on eternity--building a monumental museum for the ages.
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Pinault says he has received a dozen invitations from Europe and Canada to show pieces of his collection.
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Documentary evidence seen by The Economist strongly suggests that Mr Pinault had knowledge of the consortium's fronting role.
The lawsuit arose out of Mr Pinault's role in the takeover of Executive Life, a California insurance company.
According to the memo, the sale of the junk bonds to Mr Pinault led to an accounting problem.
Pinault chose the Ile Seguin, three miles down the river from Paris and home to a defunct Renault plant.
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Pinault's vast collection towers over almost every other private accumulation of contemporary art.
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Few would be surprised to see Messrs Arnault and Pinault suing each other before the end of the case.
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Pinault said he read the entire proposal, translated it into the French and sent it others to read.
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If Mr Pinault's entrance scares a few more off, so much the better.
The Stingel exhibition at Palazzo Grassi is a mix of artwork belonging to Pinault, Stingel and a few other private collectors.
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