Pablo Picasso - Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée, Marie-Thérèse Walter 1937
Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée, Marie-Thérèse Walter 1937
55x46cm oil/canvas
Sold for: GBP 49.82 million
Auction house: Sotheby’s, London
Sale date: 28 February 2018
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
From Sotheby’s:
Picasso’s portraits of women – his muses – represent the most consistently innovative and expressive body of work in twentieth century art. From the cubist portraits of Fernande Olivier or neo-classical depictions of Olga Khokhlova, to the acclaimed 1930s paintings of Marie-Thérèse and the final great works depicting Jacqueline Roque, the women of Picasso’s life are the fulcrum of his creative genius.