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Dora Maar au Chat is one of the largest portraits of the subject by Picasso. It is an oil on canvas painting measuring 128.3 cm x 95.3 cm and is signed by the artist in the lower left corner. As Picasso's mistress and main model, Dora Maar was the artist's main source of inspiration and his artistic companion.
Picasso's portrait of Dora Maar is an oil on canvas painting, which depicts the subject sitting in a chair. She is portrayed as an elegant woman, with fine jewellery and clothing. The portrait displays her long red fingernails, art deco jacket with a flower motif and her right ear as a bee.
Portrait of Dora Maar, by Pablo Picasso In 1910, the family left for Buenos Aires where the father obtained several commissions including for the embassy of Austria-Hungary. His achievements earned him the honor of being decorated by Emperor Francis Joseph I , even though he was "the only architect who did not make a fortune in Buenos Aires".
This is a partial list of artworks produced by Pablo Picasso from 1951 to 1960. 1951. Massacre in Korea ... Tête de femme (Dora Maar) (1950s) References
Pablo Picasso, 1905, Garçon à la pipe, (Boy with a Pipe), private collection, Rose Period. Several paintings by Picasso rank among the most expensive paintings in the world. Garçon à la pipe sold for US$104 million at Sotheby's on 4 May 2004. Dora Maar au Chat sold for US$95.2 million at Sotheby's on 3 May 2006. [132]
The Blue Period (Spanish: Período Azul) comprises the works produced by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso between 1901 and 1904. During this time, Picasso painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green, only occasionally warmed by other colors. These sombre works, inspired by Spain and painted in Barcelona and Paris ...
A man discovered an old painting in his home that turned out to be a Picasso worth roughly $6.6 million (£5 million) -- and his wife hated it.
Picasso met Dora Maar in the winter of 1935. The poet Paul Éluard introduced Picasso to Maar while she was working as a photographer on Jean Renoir's film Le Crime de Monsieur Lange. [11] Although he was 26 years older than Maar, they were drawn together by a shared connection of art and politics.