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VIEW OF THE PAINTING “BUST OF A WOMAN WITH FLOWER PATH, DORA MAAR”, FROM THE Spanish painter Pablo Picasso series, revealed by Lucien Paris House at the Drouot Hotel in Paris, France
Oil painting portrays the French artist Dora Maar. It was 80 years without being seen. Current price was set at 8 million euros.
An unknown painting of Pablo was revealed this Thursday, after being put for sale in a auction house in Paris, with starting price fixed in 8 million euros.
Titled “Bust of a Woman with Flowering Hat”, the work portrays Dora butphotographer, painter and French poet, who was one of the painter’s companions and his best known muse.
Painted oil, the colorful work measures 80 for 60 centimeters, was completed by Picasso in July 1943 and acquired in August 1944 by a French collector, grandfather of the current owners, according to auctioneer Christophe Lucien, from the Parisian auctions House Drouot.
Vendors are undoing the painting as part of an inheritance agreement, said Lucien.
“Unknown” work
Agnes Sevestre-Barbe, a Picasso specialist in the presentation of the work, said this was “unknown to the public and never displayedexcept in the Spanish master’s studio in Paris. ”He added that the work is“ quite exceptional and marks an important moment in the history of art and Picasso. ”According to the British newspaper, the work appears in a black and white photograph taken shortly before its sale.
The portrait shows maar with a melancholy but harmonious face, with a flowered and colorful hat. Maae about 60 paintings from Picasso and collaborated in his guinendon masterpiece, recording photographs that served as the basis for the artist to develop the screen.
Other famous maar -inspired cubist works include a woman’s portrait and bust of a woman. The two artists experienced a tumultuous relationship that ended after nine years.
Picassos, market indicators
Sales of Pablo Picasso works are used as the main indicator for the art market as a whole, which has been falling in recent years.
In 2024, Sales of Picasso work totaled $ 223 million, approximately one third of the $ 597 million from the previous year, according to data from the consultant Artprice.
The work of Picasso Homme Assis, a painting of a 1969 -seated musketeer, was sold for $ 15.1 million at the Sotheby’s Auction House in New York on 13 May.
The record for selling a work of Picasso is from the version of the women of Algiers, an oil painting of 1955, sold for $ 179.4 million, in 2015.
