Picasso's Jeune femme endormie at Christie's. (click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE £13,481,250.
A rarely seen masterpiece by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) will feature at Christie’s sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London in June. Jeune fille endormie, 1935, is an intimate portrait of the artist’s lover Marie-Thérèse Walter, the subject many of Picasso’s most celebrated pictures, and is expected to make £9 million to £12 million.
The painting was given to the University of Sydney in 2010 by an anonymous donor on condition that it would be sold and that the University would dedicate the proceeds to scientific research.
The sale takes place on the evening of June 21. It is the first time this portrait will be offered at auction.
UPDATE: IT MADE £13,481,250