US EditionNew Picasso Portrait Unveiled At Paris Auction House
The oil painting, created in 1943 and never publicly exhibited, is valued at about €8 million and is being sold due to inheritance, highlighting Picasso's wartime artistry and personal life.
- A previously unknown portrait by Pablo Picasso of his muse Dora Maar, titled "Bust of a Woman With a Flowery Hat," was revealed to be put up for auction in Paris with a reserve price of around €8 million .
- The colorful oil painting, measuring 80 x 60 centimeters, depicts Maar with a melancholy but harmonious face, wearing a flowery hat at a time when Picasso was leaving her for a younger artist.
- The painting, unseen by the public except in Picasso's studio during World War II, is being sold as part of an inheritance settlement by the anonymous owners who acquired it from a private French collector in 1944.
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A portrait of photographer Dora Maar, completed by Pablo Picasso in occupied Paris during World War II, mysteriously disappeared in 1944. It was part of the private collection of a French collector, an auction house revealed on Thursday.
An unpublished portrait of Dora Mar painted by Pablo Picasso in 1943 and kept secret for more than 80 years by the family that owns it has been presented by the Drouot auction house in Paris, which will put it up for sale on October 24 with an estimate of eight million euros.
Newly resurfaced Picasso could fetch millions at Paris auction
A newly resurfaced painting by legendary Spanish artist Pablo Picasso that has never been shown to the public since its creation more than 80 years ago is set to go under the hammer in Paris and expected to sell for at least $9.45 million. Picasso auctioneer Agnes Sevestre-Barbe explains its history and significance.
Long-lost Picasso work surfaces after 80 years
Auction house experts in Paris have revealed a previously hidden Pablo Picasso masterpiece depicting Dora Maar that disappeared from public view 80 years ago, with the wartime painting now set to command millions at an October sale that promises to reshape understanding of the artist's most turbulent romantic period, The Guardian reported. The artwork, titled "Bust of a Woman in a Flowery Hat (Dora Maar)," was completed near the conclusion of th…
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