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View source →Femme au Beret et a la Robe Quadrillee (Marie-Therese Walter)
Pablo Picasso, 1937
Technical Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
61 × 50 cm (24 × 19.7 in)
Style
Expressionism
Decade
1930s
About This Work
Made in the same year in which Picasso created his famed Guernica and The Weeping Woman amid the tumultuous years of the Spanish civil war, this work depicts a more joyous image of his muse Marie-Therese Walter in a blue outfit set against a bright red background. The painting captures the duality of Picasso's emotional life during this period.
The painting made its auction debut during a Sotheby's Impressionist and modern art sale in London in February 2018, where the work went for £49.8 million ($68.7 million). It had changed hands only once before: after Picasso's death in 1973, his estate sold it to an unknown private collector.
Current Location
Private Collection
Private Collection — Not publicly accessible
Valuation & Provenance
2026 Estimated Value
$120–180 million (est.)
* Estimates are based on comparable auction results and market analysis. Not a formal appraisal.
Last Known Sale
$68.7 million
2018
Sotheby's London
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