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Picasso’s 1943 Dora Maar Portrait Emerges After 80 Years for No-Reserve Paris Auction

Authenticated by the Picasso Administration, the canvas spent eight decades in one family, unseen by the public.

"Busto de mujer con sombrero de flores", de Pablo Picasso, será subastado el 24 de octubre
El cuadro 'Busto de mujer con sombrero de flores'.
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Overview

  • Hôtel Drouot will auction the oil on canvas on 24 October with an estimate of about €8 million and no reserve, an uncommon setup for a Dora Maar portrait.
  • Presented by Drouot/Lucien in Paris, the work had remained in the same private family collection since its 1944 acquisition during the Nazi occupation.
  • Specialists note the painting appears unrestored and unvarnished, with unusually vivid colors for Picasso’s wartime output.
  • The portrait was previously known only from Brassaï’s 1944 black-and-white studio photographs and entries in the catalogue raisonné.
  • Signed at the upper left and dated 11 July 1943 on the reverse, the approximately 80 x 60 cm canvas forms part of Picasso’s series depicting Dora Maar with hats.