![]() ![]() This work and the one below are offered in Looking Forward to the Past - A curated Evening Sale on 11 May in New York Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973), Buste de femme (Femme à la résille), 1938. Following a comment by Dora Maar herself, it has often been stated that Picasso changed his artistic style, as well as his life, friends and even dog, when he changed his mistress indeed, this was arguably the premise of William Rubin’s landmark exhibition, Picasso and Portraiture: Representation and Transformation, held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Grand Palais, Paris in 1996–97. The relationship between Picasso and Dora is one of the most discussed of his lifetime. Meanwhile, the almost lavender-infused skin becomes like cool marble in contrast to these vivid colours. The electric red lends the work an intensity that is only heightened by the colours of Dora’s face and clothing, the yellows, blues and greens, which are thrust into such bold relief through their contrast with the near-monochrome background. ![]() It is easy to see why Buste de femme has been selected for exhibition on a number of occasions: the picture sings. It then passed into the collection of his granddaughter, Marina, from whom it was acquired by the legendary art dealer Jan Krugier. ![]() Buste de femme was one of the pictures with which Picasso appears to have been unable to part in his lifetime. This picture (above, left) is one of the best known of his series of images of Dora, and crucially one of the best known remaining in private hands. Pablo Picasso painted Buste de femme on 12 January 1938, at the height of his relationship with the photographer Dora Maar. Buste de femme and Femme assise - two works that offer insights into the artist’s relationship with Dora Maar, and offered for sale in the Looking Forward to the Past auction in New York on 11 May ![]()
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