US EditionPicasso portrait of muse Dora Maar in vivid hat, long hidden from view, sells for 32 million euros
The 1943 portrait sold for 32 million euros, marking the highest auction price for artwork in France this year, revealing vibrant colors unseen for over 80 years.
- A Picasso portrait titled Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat , painted in July 1943, will be auctioned in Paris after being unseen for over 80 years.
- The painting depicts Dora Maar, Picasso's muse, in a brightly colored hat and has remained in a private family collection since its purchase in 1944.
- Agnes Sevestre-Barb� stated that the painting is vivid and has not been varnished, retaining all of its raw materials and colors.
- The Drouot auction house called the auction a moment of rare significance, as it reveals the full radiance of a previously hidden work.
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A work painted in 1943 represents Dora Maar, a photographer, an artist and a surrealist museum who was a partner of Picasso. Considered by specialists a "excellent" piece was now sold in Paris.
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The painting has been hidden from the public for more than 80 years, but is now being put up for auction.
An exceptional portrait of Dora Maar by Picasso was sold 32 million euros at the auction in Paris this Friday. "It is the highest auction in France any house combined this year", explains the auctioneer-premier in charge of this sale. - "The record of the year": an exceptional portrait of Dora Maar painted by Picasso sold 32 million euros (Culture, media and entertainment).
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