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☆ Picasso portrait of mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter could sell for over $120 million at auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A Picasso masterpiece entitled “Femme à la montre” is expected to fetch more than $120 million when it goes up for auction this fall. Sotheby'sThe piece, which measures 51¼ x 38 inches (130 x 96.5 centimeters), depicts Picasso’s lover and “golden muse” Marie-Thérèse Walter, who featured in many of his portraits. In a statement announcing the sale, Julian Dawes, Sotheby’s head of Impressionist & Modern Art for the Americas, said: “Picasso’s ‘Femme à la Montre’ is a masterpiece by every measure. The artist painted “Femme à la montre” in August 1932, soon after the retrospective at the Galerie Georges Petit in Paris ended. Andy Warhol's 1986 self portrait will also be auctioned as part of Fisher Landau's collection.

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☆ Picasso masterpiece depicting his young mistress sells for $139 million at Sotheby’s auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A Picasso masterpiece entitled “Femme à la montre” fetched more than $139 million on Wednesday, becoming the second most valuable work by the artist ever sold at auction. The 1932 oil painting took center-stage at a two-day event at Sotheby’s in New York, at the sale of late philanthropist Emily Fisher Landau’s private collection. She is pictured here in front of Fernand Léger's "Étude pour Les Constructeurs" in her home in Manhattan in 2002. In a statement announcing the sale in September, Julian Dawes, Sotheby’s head of Impressionist & Modern Art for the Americas, said: “Picasso’s ‘Femme à la Montre’ is a masterpiece by every measure. Andy Warhol's 1986 self portrait will also be auctioned as part of Fisher Landau's collection.

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☆ Картину Пикассо продали за 103 миллиона долларов
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-15 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: 1 min

Картину художника Пабло Пикассо «Женщина, сидящая у окна» (Femme assise près d’une fenêtre) продали на аукционе Christie's в Нью-Йорке за 103 миллиона долларов (7,6 миллиарда рублей). С учетом всех сборов конечная стоимость лота составит 103,4 миллиона долларов. «Женщина, сидящая у окна» написана Пикассо в 1932 году. Тогда ее цена составила почти 45 миллионов долларов. В конце марта сообщалось, что самая большая в мире картина на холсте «Путешествие человечества» (The Journey of Humanity) авторства британского художника Саши Джафри была продана на аукционе в Дубае за 62 миллиона долларов (более 4,5 миллиарда рублей).

Persons: Пабло Пикассо, Пикассо, Саши Джафри Organizations: НьюЙорке Locations: Дубай

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