Thursday, September 20, 2012

Femme a la fenetre (Marie-Therese) at Sotheby’s evening sale of contemporary art on Nov. 13


"Femme a la fenetre (Marie-Therese)" (April 13, 1936) by Pablo Picasso. The painting is estimated at $15 million to $20 million.


Picasso’s portrait of his lover and muse Marie-Therese Walter is expected to sell for $15 million to $20 million. Painted in 1936, “Femme a la fenetre (Marie-Therese)” will be part of Sotheby’s Impressionist and modern evening sale on Nov. 5.

Picasso held on to the painting until his death in 1973. It was in the collection of Marina Picasso, the artist’s granddaughter, and shown in “Picasso and Portraiture, Representation and Transformation,” a 1996 MoMA exhibition curated by William Rubin.