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