Cubist portrait of Picasso's mistress exposed on Sotheby's
Among the top lots of the evening auction of Impressionist and Modern Sotheby's February 5 - a portrait of Marie-Therese Walter by Picasso (25-35 million pounds), the canvas surrealist Joan Miro (8.12 million pounds) and landscapes by Claude Monet
Pablo Picasso
woman sitting by the window. 1932
Sotheby's. 05.02.2012
Estimate: 25-35 million pounds
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Which evening sale of Impressionist and Modern without a portrait of Marie-Therese Walter by Picasso? - Decided to Sotheby's and put on his regular auction cubist masterpiece Spaniard. The painting "The woman sitting at the window", estimated at 25-35 million pounds, will be offered at auction at Sotheby's in London on February 5.
Picasso wrote this portrait of his blond muse Marie-Therese 30 October 1932 at the Chateau de Buazhelu, near Gisors, north-west of Paris. This country estate has been a favorite meeting place of the artist Marie-Therese. At the time, Picasso was still married to the ballerina Olga Khokhlova, he met with Walter secretly. All the secret became apparent at the Paris retrospective, where Olga saw numerous portraits and sculptures haired stranger and guessed about her husband's infidelity.
paper "The woman sitting at the window," spotted from a private European collection. The last time she appeared at a public auction in 1997. Buying pictures irrevocable guaranteed rate of a third party.
The catalog evening auction of Impressionist and Modern Sotheby's also included two works by Claude Monet. This painting "Water Lilies and reflection high grass» («Nympheas avec reflets de Hautes Herbes») 1914-1917 period with an estimate of 12-18 million pounds and winter landscape "Rime in Giverny» («Le Givre a Giverny») in 1885 from the collection of English Earl Jersey (estimate 4-6 million pounds).
of the Spanish surrealist Joan Miro's "Woman dreaming of escape" in 1945 from the American collection of Miriam and Ira David Wallach will be offered in 8 -12,000,000 pounds. The work of more than 50 years did not appear at a public auction.
addition, the auction on February 5 will be three drawings by Egon Schiele from the Museum of Leopold. Read more here .
Total for auction of Impressionist and Modern Sotheby's February 5 exhibited 61 work with a total estimate of 103,1-149 million pounds.
Prepared Maria Onuchina, AI
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