피카소가 1937년에 그린 뮤즈 마리-테레즈의 초상(베레모와 격자무늬 옷을 입은 여인)이 2월 28일 런던 소더비에서 경매된다. 뉴욕 소더비 전시는 2월 12-24일.

Powerful Depiction of Picasso’s ‘Golden Muse’ Marie-Thérèse from 1937 

– A Pivotal Year for the Artist – Emerges Onto the Market for First Time

 Painted just months after Guernica & his Weeping Women

 Pablo Picasso

Helena Newman, Global Co-Head of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Department & Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe, said:  

‘With such a strong appetite for Picasso’s work from across the globe, this defining portrait from a pivotal year in the oeuvre of the most globally recognised artist is the perfect piece to headline our first major season of 2018. It is all the more remarkable to be able to offer a painting of this calibre that has never been seen on the market before.’

Thomas Bompard, Head of Sotheby’s London Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sales, said:

‘One of the greatest portraits by Picasso to appear on the market in recent years, this depiction of Marie-Thérèse from the 1930s – painted in the same year as Guernica and the Weeping Women – reveals Picasso’s mastery of the modern portrait. Of all of the artist’s styles and decades, this is the one that most epitomises the legacy of Picasso as a portraitist of women – with this particular painting encompassing all of the key elements for which he is recognised and celebrated. It undoubtedly represents what is most desirable for a connoisseur and collector of modern art.’ 

London, 14 January – A painting of heightened psychological intensity, Pablo Picasso’s Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter) brings to a climax a turbulent and highly charged year. The great masterpiece of his career Guernica was created in 1937, and in the final month of that momentous year he painted this vivid, poignant and intense image of his golden muse Marie-Thérèse Walter. This defining work will be offered for the first time as a star lot of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in London on 28 February 2018.