Quick Takes: Picasso work to be sold

Leaders of the Evansville Museum in Indiana plan to sell a work of glass art by Pablo Picasso that sat unnoticed in storage for nearly 50 years and was only recently determined to be genuine.

The museum’s board of trustees decided to allow New York auction house Guernsey’s to sell the artwork — titled “Seated Woman With Red Hat” — because of the costs to display, secure, preserve and insure the piece, board President Steven Krohn told the Evansville Courier & Press.

The layered, fired glass piece was donated to the museum in 1963. It was cataloged as art inspired by a design for a Picasso painting and credited to another artist named Gemmaux, museum officials said.

The supposed artist’s name turned out to be the plural for “gemmail” — the type of glass used in the work.

Nothing in the accompanying documentation would have alerted Siegfried Weng, the museum’s director in 1963, that Picasso had created it, said current museum director John Streetman.

—Associated Press

Downey injury halts ‘Iron Man’

Production on “Iron Man 3” is on hold after star Robert Downey Jr. hurt his foot during filming.

Marvel Studios said Thursday that Downey was injured while performing a stunt and “there will be a short delay in production while he recuperates.”

The 47-year-old actor is shooting the third installment in the superhero franchise in North Carolina. “Iron Man 3” is set for release next summer.

—Associated Press

Lisa Marie, mom at Graceland

Thousands of devotees converged on Graceland to mark the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death and got a surprise welcome from the King’s former wife, Priscilla Presley, and daughter, Lisa Marie Presley. It was the first time they have appeared together at the annual gathering.

The women appeared on an elevated stage in front of the crowd Wednesday night, the eve of the Aug. 16 date when the rock ‘n’ roll icon died at home in 1977 from a heart attack after battling prescription drug abuse.

Fans held lighted candles, illuminating their faces in orange light as they stood outside the gates of Graceland, Elvis’ longtime home and his burial place. “You should see this from our point of view. It’s amazing,” Priscilla Presley said, standing alongside Lisa Marie. “The candles are lit. It’s truly a sight to behold.”

—Associated Press

Finally

Opening act: Mariah Carey and No Doubt are superstar acts, but they’ll be the openers for the NFL’s first game of the season Sept. 5. During an hourlong pregame show, they’ll perform live from Rockefeller Plaza before the New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys game at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

Farewell: The A&E; Network is kissing Gene Simmons and his family goodbye. The network and the KISS guitarist said that the “Gene Simmons Family Jewels” reality show is ending after seven seasons.

Sequel: There’s no script, but Disney has set May 1, 2015, as the target date for releasing its sequel to “The Avengers,” this year’s biggest hit. Joss Whedon will write and direct.