Pablo Picasso - Le Rêve. The Dream 1932
Le Rêve. The Dream 1932
130x97cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 155.0 million
Auction house: Private sale
Sale date: 26 March 2013
Seller: Steve Wynn
Buyer: Steven A. Cohen
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Le Rêve (French, "The Dream") is a 1932 oil painting (130 × 97 cm) by Pablo Picasso, then 50 years old, portraying his 22-year-old mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. It is said to have been painted in one afternoon, on 24 January 1932. It belongs to Picasso's period of distorted depictions, with its oversimplified outlines and contrasted colors resembling early Fauvism.
The erotic content of the painting has been noted repeatedly, with critics pointing out that Picasso painted an erect penis, presumably symbolizing his own, in the upturned face of his model.