Did Ernest Hemingway really gift Kough a ceramic to Picasso?
Kough collected many souvenirs from his adventures, but his most treasured bounty – a beautiful ceramic, crafted by Pablo Picasso and gifted to Ernest Hemingway at the author’s Cuban home, the Finca Vigia... or so the story goes.
Did Pablo Escobar give Ernest Hemingway a Picasso?
The run was financed by the infamous drugs lord Pablo Escobar, but instead of being paid in cash, Kough was given a ceramic work said to be by Picasso, who had apparently given it to Ernest Hemingway. So goes the far-fetched story told in the podcast Hemingway’s Picasso, co-written by Leah Carroll and Pallavi Kottamasu.
Who are the producers of Hemingway’s Picasso?
Executive Producers are Lizzie Jacobs, Tom Koenig, Steve Ackerman, Johnny Galvin, Daniel Turcan, and Nick Katz. Listeners can subscribe to “Hemingway’s Picasso” on all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.
Does Steve Kough own a Picasso?
The Story of Steve Kough, An NFL Player, Drug Smuggler and Father who Might Just Own a Priceless Work of Picasso’s Art
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Steve Kough lived many lives. He was an NFL journeyman, a male model, and one of the most well-connected smugglers in 1980’s Miami, the “Drug Capital of the World."
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Introducing...Hemingways's Picasso
Steve Kough lived many lives.
Chapter One: Into the Mine
Steve Kough was a lot of things: an ex-NFL player, model, drug smuggler, art aficionado, Miami’s heart-throb, and a father. His unfiltered and brazen thirst for excitement mixed with a family history of crime was a cocktail for a wild life.
Chapter Two: Bisquick
During Steve’s short career on the football field he has a run in with his old buddies in the Detroit Mafia who lure him on his first trip across the border to Mexico. Steve’s son, Stevie reveals what life was like as the son of a drug smuggler in Miami. This is a Somethin' Else production in association with Vespucci.
