Pablo Picasso - Femme assise dans un fauteuil 1917-1920
Femme assise dans un fauteuil 1917-1920
130x88cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 30.47 million
Auction house: Christie's, New York
Sale date: 15 May 2017
Seller: Mrs. Sydell Miller
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
'Femme assise dans un fauteuil' provides an extraordinary demonstration of the contrasts in style and technique that Picasso practiced as he moved between his neo-classical and cubist approaches to painting during the years following the First World War, in this rare instance focusing on an identical subject.