Surrealist Masterpiece by Pablo Picasso Comes to Auction for the First Time
News 18Christie’s hopes to capitalize on collectors’ enthusiasm for Picasso in its upcoming evening sale “The Art of Surreal.” It will feature “La fenêtre ouverte,” a painting by the Spanish master that has remained in the same private collection for half a century. “La fenêtre ouverte” was done in 1929, during Pablo Picasso’s Surrealist period. “his powerful and explosively coloured painting from the highpoint of Picasso’s Surrealist period and two years into his clandestine love affair with Marie-Thérèse, represents a brilliant fusion of the different passions and inspirations that defined the artist’s life at the end of the 1920s. “La fenêtre ouverte” will be offered at auction for the first time on March 1, during the evening sale “The Art of Surreal.” It is estimated to fetch between £14 million and £24 million.
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