{"id":242955,"date":"2025-09-21T03:17:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T03:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242955\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T03:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T03:17:16","slug":"picasso-painting-unseen-for-80-years-up-for-auction-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242955\/","title":{"rendered":"Picasso painting unseen for 80 years up for auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAn oil painting by Pablo Picasso, unseen by the public for more than 80 years, will go under the hammer in Paris next month.The painting, \u201cBust of a Woman in a Flowery Hat,\u201d depicts French photographer and painter Dora Maar \u2014 one of Picasso\u2019s lovers and most famous muses \u2014 wearing a bright, flowery hat made up of pastel green, blue, and yellow strokes.Despite the vivid color palette, Maar\u2019s expression is one of concern.Created in July 1943, during the Nazi occupation of Paris, the work is a \u201ccanvas of major historical and artistic importance, all the more as it remained unseen by the public for over eighty years,\u201d according to art expert Agn\u00e8s Sevestre-Barb\u00e9.\u201cIt was in May 1943 that Picasso met the young painter Fran\u00e7oise Gilot, who, after the war, would bring a clearer, brighter spirit to his work. But in the summer of 1943, Dora remained his principal model,\u201d Sevestre-Barb\u00e9 said in an essay published online by auction house Lucien Paris, which is selling the painting.The newly discovered portrait of Maar was acquired in 1944 by an unnamed collector and has remained in his family ever since. \u201cTo our knowledge, it has never been exhibited nor appeared at auction,\u201d Sevestre-Barb\u00e9 said.It is expected to sell for at least $9.45 million, according to Reuters news agency. CNN has approached Lucien Paris for comment.Dutch art historian Arthur Brand told CNN on Friday that he expects the painting to sell for a higher price than estimates suggest.\u201cPicasso, as we all know, is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, and so every time something like this pops up, it\u2019s exciting,\u201d Brand said. \u201cSometimes paintings have been in the same family for decades, in this case since 1944.\u201dBrand, an art crime investigator who has recovered more than 200 works of art, including ones by Picasso, said the depiction of Maar in the painting \u201cgives a more sad impression\u201d than some of his earlier portraits of her, adding: \u201cIt seems like she is crying.\u201dSeveral factors could have influenced this somber tone. Not only had the pair\u2019s relationship \u201cmore or less ended,\u201d Brand said, but at the time of painting, the Nazis were still occupying Paris.\u201cPicasso probably was worried that he would never be able to sell or exhibit again, so maybe his own sadness is also reflected in this painting,\u201d Brand added.Picasso painted Maar many times, most famously in the guise of the \u201cWeeping Woman\u201d in 1937 \u2013 a work that powerfully conveys the emotional impact of the Spanish Civil War \u2013 but also \u201cPortrait of Dora Maar\u201d (1937) and \u201cDora Maar au Chat\u201d (1941).Born Henriette Theodora Markovitch in 1907, Maar grew up between Argentina and France. She studied in Paris before moving into commercial and fashion photography.A photographer and artist in her own right, Marr recognized the limitations that her turbulent relationship with Picasso brought to her own career. \u201cI\u2019m still too famous as Picasso\u2019s mistress to be accepted as a painter,\u201d she once said, according to her friend, the American art writer James Lord.Maar also told Lord that Picasso\u2019s portraits of her were \u201clies.\u201dLater in her life, Maar mostly withdrew from photography and concentrated on painting, also finding solace in poetry, religion, and philosophy, according to London\u2019s Tate Modern art gallery.The 81- x 60-centimeter (32- x 24-inch) painting, which is signed in the upper-left corner of the canvas, will be auctioned on Oct. 24.A certificate of authenticity from the Comit\u00e9 Picasso \u2014 a committee established to verify the originality of the artist\u2019s works \u2014 will be issued to the buyer, the auction house said.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

An oil painting by Pablo Picasso, unseen by the public for more than 80 years, will go under the hammer in Paris next month.<\/p>\n

The painting, \u201cBust of a Woman in a Flowery Hat,\u201d depicts French photographer and painter Dora Maar \u2014 one of Picasso\u2019s lovers and most famous muses \u2014 wearing a bright, flowery hat made up of pastel green, blue, and yellow strokes.<\/p>\n

Despite the vivid color palette, Maar\u2019s expression is one of concern.<\/p>\n

Created in July 1943, during the Nazi occupation of Paris, the work is a \u201ccanvas of major historical and artistic importance, all the more as it remained unseen by the public for over eighty years,\u201d according to art expert Agn\u00e8s Sevestre-Barb\u00e9.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was in May 1943 that Picasso met the young painter Fran\u00e7oise Gilot, who, after the war, would bring a clearer, brighter spirit to his work. But in the summer of 1943, Dora remained his principal model,\u201d Sevestre-Barb\u00e9 said in an essay published online by auction house Lucien Paris<\/a>, which is selling the painting.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"Auction<\/p>\n

\n\t\tStephane de Sakutin\/AFP\/Getty Images via CNN Newsource\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAuction house employees reveal a painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso featuring his lover Dora Maar in Paris on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The newly discovered portrait of Maar was acquired in 1944 by an unnamed collector and has remained in his family ever since. \u201cTo our knowledge, it has never been exhibited nor appeared at auction,\u201d Sevestre-Barb\u00e9 said.<\/p>\n

It is expected to sell for at least $9.45 million, according to Reuters news agency. CNN has approached Lucien Paris for comment.<\/p>\n

Dutch art historian Arthur Brand told CNN on Friday that he expects the painting to sell for a higher price than estimates suggest.<\/p>\n

\u201cPicasso, as we all know, is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, and so every time something like this pops up, it\u2019s exciting,\u201d Brand said. \u201cSometimes paintings have been in the same family for decades, in this case since 1944.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brand, an art crime investigator who has recovered more than 200 works of art, including ones by Picasso, said the depiction of Maar in the painting \u201cgives a more sad impression\u201d than some of his earlier portraits of her, adding: \u201cIt seems like she is crying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several factors could have influenced this somber tone. Not only had the pair\u2019s relationship \u201cmore or less ended,\u201d Brand said, but at the time of painting, the Nazis were still occupying Paris.<\/p>\n

\u201cPicasso probably was worried that he would never be able to sell or exhibit again, so maybe his own sadness is also reflected in this painting,\u201d Brand added.<\/p>\n

Picasso painted Maar many times, most famously in the guise of the \u201cWeeping Woman\u201d in 1937 \u2013 a work that powerfully conveys the emotional impact of the Spanish Civil War \u2013 but also \u201cPortrait of Dora Maar\u201d (1937) and \u201cDora Maar au Chat\u201d (1941).<\/p>\n

Born Henriette Theodora Markovitch in 1907, Maar grew up between Argentina and France. She studied in Paris before moving into commercial and fashion photography.<\/p>\n

A photographer and artist in her own right, Marr recognized the limitations that her turbulent relationship with Picasso brought to her own career. \u201cI\u2019m still too famous as Picasso\u2019s mistress to be accepted as a painter,\u201d she once said, according to her friend, the American art writer James Lord.<\/p>\n

Maar also told Lord that Picasso\u2019s portraits of her were \u201clies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later in her life, Maar mostly withdrew from photography and concentrated on painting, also finding solace in poetry, religion, and philosophy, according to London\u2019s Tate Modern art gallery.<\/p>\n

The 81- x 60-centimeter (32- x 24-inch) painting, which is signed in the upper-left corner of the canvas, will be auctioned on Oct. 24.<\/p>\n

A certificate of authenticity from the Comit\u00e9 Picasso \u2014 a committee established to verify the originality of the artist\u2019s works \u2014 will be issued to the buyer, the auction house said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An oil painting by Pablo Picasso, unseen by the public for more than 80 years, will go under…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":242956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1037,648,1032,38545,12062,129580,10755,1033,129581,171,80291,129582,129604,129602,32196,129601,129583,129600,129584,129598,129603,1069,3715,15213,129585,129588,129589,129590,129591,129586,129592,129593,129594,129595,129596,129597,129587,42381,7544,67,132,129599,68,11459,8066,1628],"class_list":{"0":"post-242955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-art","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-auction","12":"tag-brand","13":"tag-bust-of-a-woman-in-a-flowery-hat","14":"tag-cnn","15":"tag-design","16":"tag-dora-maar-portrait","17":"tag-entertainment","18":"tag-fine-art","19":"tag-francoise-gilot-picasso","20":"tag-french-photographer","21":"tag-great-artist","22":"tag-jsnd","23":"tag-maar","24":"tag-nazi-occupation-paris-art","25":"tag-oil-painting","26":"tag-pablo-picasso-painting","27":"tag-painter","28":"tag-painter-dora-maar","29":"tag-painting","30":"tag-paris","31":"tag-picasso","32":"tag-picasso-1943-painting","33":"tag-picasso-art-collector","34":"tag-picasso-art-sale","35":"tag-picasso-auction-paris","36":"tag-picasso-authenticity-certificate","37":"tag-picasso-dora-maar-muse","38":"tag-picasso-masterpiece-paris-auction","39":"tag-picasso-painting-discovery","40":"tag-picasso-painting-news","41":"tag-picasso-painting-price-estimate","42":"tag-picasso-portrait-auction","43":"tag-picasso-rare-painting","44":"tag-picasso-weeping-woman-connection","45":"tag-portrait","46":"tag-relationship","47":"tag-united-states","48":"tag-unitedstates","49":"tag-unseen-picasso-artwork","50":"tag-us","51":"tag-woman","52":"tag-work","53":"tag-year"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}