Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter)
| Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter) |
|---|
| Pablo Picasso , 1937 |
| Oil on canvas |
| 55 × 46 cm |
| Privately owned
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Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter) ( French woman with beret and checkered dress (Marie-Thérèse Walter) ) is the title of a painting by the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso .
History of origin
The picture can be assigned to a late phase of Picasso's creative work . It emerged between an engagement with surrealism that lasted until the mid-1930s and late work, which is commonly classified as post-1945. In the same year as Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée , which Picasso painted on December 4, 1937, one of Picasso's most famous works, Guernica, was created .
Picasso's paintings often featured women as the motif of his pictures. The painting was created at a time when two women played an important role in the life of the Spanish painter and sculptor: Marie-Thérèse Walter and his new lover Dora Maar . The picture is interpreted accordingly: a shadow is visible behind the woman who can be seen in the middle of the portrait and represents Marie-Thérèse Walter. This is interpreted either as Dora Maar and thus as an expression of feelings for both women or as a self-portrait. The following quote is ascribed to Picasso himself:
"It must be painful for a girl to see in a painting that she is on the way out."
"It must be painful for a girl to see in a painting that she is about to be dumped."
Provenance
The painting was first auctioned on February 28, 2018 as part of the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale by the auction house Sotheby’s in London. The estimated price was 50 million US dollars, at the time this was the equivalent of around 41 million euros. The painting ended up auctioning off for £ 50 million (around € 56 million).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d o.A .: Powerful Portrait of Picasso's Golden Muse . In: sothebys.com (English) . Accessed January 31, 2018.
- ↑ oA: Picasso picture is auctioned in London . In: monopol-magazin.de . January 15, 2018. Accessed January 31, 2018.
- ↑ oA: Picasso painting auctioned for almost 50 million pounds . In: monopol-magazin.de . March 1, 2018. Accessed March 1, 2018.