Pablo Picasso - Tête de femme. Dora Maar 1941

Pablo Picasso - Tête de femme. Dora Maar 1941

Tête de femme. Dora Maar 1941
41x33cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 16.28 million
Auction house: Christie's, New York
Sale date: 6 November 2007
Seller: Private Collection, Lydia Winston Malbin, New York
Buyer: Anonymous buyer

The raven-haired and dark-eyed woman in this haunting and powerful portrait is immediately recognizable as Dora Maar, Picasso's lover since 1936.