Pablo Picasso - Le matador 1970

Pablo Picasso - Le matador 1970

Le matador 1970
146x114cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 22.94 million
Auction house: Sotheby’s, London
Sale date: 28 February 2018
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer

Painted on 23rd October 1970, the present oil is the last matador work in a series Picasso started in late September of that year, and is a culmination of a life-long obsession with the theme.