The Corot will go to the National Gallery while three Degas sculptures will be shown at The Courtauld Gallery.

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At the time that story was published, Rosenberg owned at least 89 works worthy of a gallery show, including 43 Picassos and paintings by Degas, Seurat and Renoir.

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His shares in Syntex, which prospered in the 1960s and 1970s, bankrolled a personal gallery which once included at least eight Picassos, half a dozen Giacomettis and three Degas.

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