The picture of Pablo Picasso “The Woman Sitting Near a Window (Marie-Therese)” was auctioned in New York for 103.4 million dollars (85 million euros). This was announced by the auction house. The painting, finished in 1932, has as its protagonist Marie-Thèrèse, the young woman defined as the muse and lover by the Spanish painter. The painting had only been purchased eight years ago for $ 44.8 million, less than half the price at which it has now been resold.
Picasso spent the second part of his life in France where during the tumultuous marriage with Olga Khokhlova, he began the relationship with the seventeen year old Marie-Thèrèse Walter, protagonist of many of his most famous works.
A painting hadn’t surpassed $ 100 million for two years. The latest maxi sale was that of a copy of Claude Monet’s “Meules” series, which had reached 110.7 million at Sotheby’s, also in New York. On Tuesday, the canvas “In This Case” by the American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat was sold for 93.1 million dollars at Christie’s during the first of the great spring auctions, one of the two most important events in the world for aficionados of international sales. enchantment.
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