Italian woman wins $1.1 million Picasso painting in raffle

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How to win a $1.1 million Picasso

Location: Paris, France

A French charity raised almost $5.6 million

by selling raffle tickets for $110

The winner received Picasso's

1921 oil-on-canvas still life "Nature Morte''

The winning raffle ticket was originally a gift

(SOUNDBITE) (French) SALE ORGANIZER PERI COCHIN, SAYING:"Picasso would have loved an operation like this in his lifetime, because he was someone very involved, who had a lot of interest in humanitarian and social causes, he often participated in grand causes like these during his lifetime."

Most of the money will go to charity CARE

for clean-water projects in schools and villages

in Cameroon, Madagascar and Morocco