Wynn Sells Two Major Paintings

Hedge-fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen recently purchased two major works of art from Las Vegas casino owner Stephen Wynn, according to reports. “The paintings are van Gogh’s ‘Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat’ (1890) and Gauguin’s ‘Bathers’ (1902), and they once hung in the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art in Las Vegas, which was founded by Mr. Wynn, and were included in a 1999 catalog of the gallery’s holdings.” The estimated purchase price for the two works was well over $100 million.