Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
Property of an Important Private Collector
Pablo Picasso
Femme au chapeau jaune (Dora Maar)
Auction Closed
May 17, 12:56 AM GMT
Estimate
15,000,000 - 20,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of an Important Private Collector
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Femme au chapeau jaune (Dora Maar)
signed Picasso (lower left); dated 2.12.39 (lower right); inscribed Royan and dated again (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
18 ¼ by 15 in. 46.4 by 38.1 cm.
Executed in Royan on 2 December 1939.
Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Buchholz Gallery, New York
Justin K. Thannhauser, New York
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York
Dr. Samuel Mandel, New York (acquired by 1977)
Private Collection
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above circa the 1980s by the present owner