Pablo Picasso - Sex and painting

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Guggenheim Museum gave a grant to study Picasso

New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has received a grant to study paintings of Pablo Picasso's "Woman of ironing" (1904, Woman Ironing), writes The New York Times. It is known that under the picture there is another image - male portrait, painted by Picasso and found after X-rays, but due to lack of necessary funds to study the picture is constantly postponed.

The portrait depicts a man with a mustache. Scientists suggest that Picasso could do a self-portrait, but some people think that he painted a portrait of his friend, the tailor Benet Soler. The main objective of the study is to determine the identity of the model.

In an interview with Picasso's biographer noted that during this period the artist is often recorded canvases, to not buy new ones because of their high cost. It is assumed that under the "Women for ironing," which refers to the blue period, hiding the product of another period.

Grant Museum gave Bank of America. It is planned that the money will explore the lower layers of the picture, and in addition, the product will be restored. October 5 job, which shows a pale, thin woman, barely holding the iron iron, will be exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum exhibition "Picasso. Black and White."
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Christie's seeking a buyer for the Child and the dove of Picasso

Auction house Christie's put up for sale and child painting by Pablo Picasso Dove. Painting valued at $ 80 million buyer will be selected individually, that is, there will be no auction.

The canvas belongs to a private owner, whose name was not disclosed. Apparently, the owner is one of the heirs Eyberkonuey Christabel, which, in turn, inherited the painting from the industrialist Samuel Courtauld and the collector who bought it in 1928, says The Sunday Times.

Eyberkonuey died in 1974, after which the picture passed into the hands of one of her children. Since 1974, the painting was exhibited at the National Gallery in 2011 was transferred to the Courtauld Gallery name, but with the January 2012 exhibited at the Tate Gallery.

British buyers have the right to redeem the picture as a priority within three months from the date of the announcement of its sale. However, as the publication, most likely, the canvas will be sold abroad, as at present none of the British Museum can not afford such a purchase.

Picasso is one of the most expensive artists in the world. Recall that in May 2010, his painting Nude on a background of green leaves of the bust and was sold for more than $ 106 million, setting a world record for the cost of works of art. (Fig. 2)