Lot 35: Francoise Gilot (French b. 1921)

Title: Double portrait /Picasso

Medium: Oil on canvas signed dated 1951, Antibes.

Size: 35″ x 28.6″; 88.9 cm x 72.6 cm  

Provenance: Christie’s NY

Is a masterpiece of unparalleled formal elegance fracturing two distinct profiles within a single portrait. Francoise Gilot she was the muse of Pablo Picasso from 1944 – 1953.

This present work is a powerful manipulation of color by Gilot, dated 1951.

Estimate: $100,000 – $150,000

Sold for $162, 500 (includes buyer’s premium)