{"id":145621,"date":"2025-10-26T03:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T03:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/145621\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T03:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T03:47:10","slug":"picasso-painting-held-in-private-collection-sells-for-31-million-at-paris-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/145621\/","title":{"rendered":"Picasso painting held in private collection sells for $31 million at Paris auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARIS, Oct 24 (Reuters) – A painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, believed to be depicting his muse and partner Dora Maar, fetched 27 million euros ($31.49 million) at a Paris auction on Friday.<\/p>\n

The work, titled “Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat (Dora Maar) 1943”, was acquired by a French family in 1944 and remained in their private collection for decades until its heirs decided to sell it.<\/p>\n

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The sale price including fees was 32 million euros, a spokesperson for the Drouot auction house said. The buyer was in the auction room, but was not identified.<\/p>\n

The canvas had never been shown to the public before the auction and the only proof of its existence had been a 1944 picture of the painting, art experts said.<\/p>\n

Item 1 of 2 Employees adjust the painting “Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat (Dora Maar), 1943” (Buste de femme au chapeau a fleurs (Dora Maar), 1943) by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) on display before its auction at Drouot auction house in Paris, France, September 16, 2025. REUTERS\/Benoit Tessier <\/p>\n

[1\/2]<\/b>Employees adjust the painting “Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat (Dora Maar), 1943” (Buste de femme au chapeau a fleurs (Dora Maar), 1943) by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) on display before its auction at Drouot auction house in Paris, France, September 16, 2025. REUTERS\/Benoit Tessier Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n

“It’s without a doubt the most moving work of Picasso that involved his muse, because he was about to leave her (Dora Maar) for (French painter) Francoise Gilot,” auctioneer Christophe Lucien said.<\/p>\n

“And through this portrait, we see a woman who holds back her tears. So it’s lucky for an auctioneer to have a piece of art history before their own eyes.”<\/p>\n

Art expert Agnes Sevestre-Barbe said the heirs decided to offer the painting for sale as it could not be physically divided among them.<\/p>\n

($1 = 0.8575 euros)<\/p>\n

Reporting by Ardee Napolitano and Inti Landauro, editing by Alessandro Parodi and Sharon Singleton<\/p>\n

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