Big Picasso to move to NY museum, ending dispute

NEW YORK (AP) — A stage curtain believed to be the biggest Pablo Picasso painting in the United States is moving to a New York museum after a dispute over whether it could stay in its longtime spot in the storied Four Seasons restaurant.

The head of the nonprofit group that owns the 1919 work said Thursday it is being donated to the New-York Historical Society.

The 19-foot-by-20-foot curtain, called "Le Tricorne," has been at the Four Seasons since 1959. The restaurant's landlord recently said the curtain had to be moved for repairs to the wall behind it.

The painting's owner, the Landmarks Conservancy, sued the landlord, seeking to stop the move. The new agreement resolves the lawsuit.

Landlord RFR Holding Corp. declined to comment on the agreement. The New York Times first reported it.