Overview

• Titled Bust of a Woman With a Flowery Hat, the 80cm x 60cm oil was completed on July 11, 1943.
• Lucien Paris unveiled the work at Drouot and will auction it on October 24 after a three-day public viewing.
• The painting was bought by a French collector in August 1944 and remained in the family; the sale is part of an inheritance settlement.
• Its existence was previously known only from a black-and-white catalogue photograph, making this the first public view of its colors.
• Picasso specialist Agnès Sevestre-Barbé called the previously unexhibited work exceptional, highlighting its creation during the German occupation and its portrayal of Dora Maar.