ART – One of the artist’s paintings has spent over 60 years in a private collection and has never been auctioned off
Of them paintings from Picasso, one of which has spent over 60 years in a private collection and has never been auctioned off, will be among the highlights of the fall sale at Christie’s in New York in November.
Crouching Woman in Turkish Costume (Jacqueline), which Christie’s estimates to be worth $ 20-30 million, “has remained in the private collection of one family for three generations, since 1957, just two years after its inception,” Christie’s said in a statement.
A portrait of Jacqueline Roque, Picasso’s second wife
This painting, an oil on canvas, is one of many portraits painted by Picasso of Jacqueline Roque, the artist’s second wife, to whom he was married when he died in Mougins, in the south of France, in 1973. It will be part of the “Stella collection”, which includes works by Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque and Max Ernst, also owned by the same family for three generations, says Christie’s.
Everything will be auctioned off at the New York auction house’s fall sale, November 8-12. Another painting by Picasso, titled very similarly (Crouching Woman in Turkish Costume – Jacqueline), had been sold (…) Read more on 20minutes
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