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- Muse and still lives: more than $108 million for the Picasso auction organized in Las Vegas
Muse and still lives: more than $108 million for the Picasso auction organized in Las Vegas
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The most sought-after was the one called Femme au beret rouge-orange, one of the latest portraits of Marie-Thérèse Walter, Picasso’s muse and lover who remained his mistress until the Second World War. It was sold for $40.47 million.
Two other emblematic portraits done during the painter’s last years of life, Homme et enfant and Buste d’homme, were sold for $24.39 million and $9.45 million. These two pieces were presented during the exhibition of 1970 at Palais des Papes d’Avignon.
Ceramics, drawings and still lives were also sold during this auction that made $108.87 million (€93.5 million).
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