A newly released tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files from the Department of Justice show that Epstein was personally involved in high-profile transactions between Gagosian gallery and Leon Black, suggesting that Epstein’s role in liaising between the mega-gallery and the mega-collector ran even deeper than was previously known.

The new files include many documents related to the sale of Pablo Picasso‘s 1931 sculpture Buste de Femme (Marie-Thérèse). While it was previously reported that Black won the work via Gagosian after a legal battle, it was not known that Epstein was one of the guiding forces behind the transaction.