Pablo Picasso’s Femme à la fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse) estimated at $15-20 million is one of the main works in the auction postponed to November 8. UPDATE: THIS MADE $17,218,500
HURRICANE Sandy has impacted on Sotheby’s Impressionist an Evening art sale in New York. The auction house has postponed the sale scheduled for Monday November 5 to Thursday, November 8 at 7 p.m. Sotheby’s say the revised timeline will give clients and international staff greater flexibility to view the exhibition and participate. Viewing will open tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. as scheduled.
One of the main works in the postponed sale in Picasso’s Femme à la fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse) painted in 1936. It remained in the artist’s possession until his death in 1973. The work followed the birth of his daughter Maya the previous fall with Marie-Thérèse, as well as his separation from his wife Olga and the beginnings of a passionate affair with another important muse, Dora Maar. The painting has been exhibited in Hong Kong and London prior to the New York auction.
All Sotheby’s other auctions in New York next week remain as scheduled. The Impressionist and Modern Art day sale takes place on November 7 and the auction of 19th century European Art takes place on November 8. Viewing for the Contemporary Art sales will open as scheduled on November 9.
UPDATE: The sale realised $163,009,000, bringing the total for Sotheby’s November 2012 auctions of Impressionist and Modern art to $203,115,775.