Tete de femme (Dora Maar) [SEP] creator
Tete de femme (Dora Maar)
Tete de femme (Dora Maar) is a plaster-modelled, bronze-cast sculpture by Pablo Picasso. Dora Maar, Picasso's lover at the time, was the subject of the work which was originally conceived in 1941. Four copies of the bust were cast in the 1950s, several years after the relationship ended.
Description.
The bronze bust focuses on the head and neck with only a brief shoulder-line visible before the squared-off base. At a
his works had been auctioned before. While "La Lampe" failed to sell when it was unable to reach the low estimate of £25 million, "Tete de femme (Dora Maar)" was sold for a record price. Private dealer Franck Giraud paid $29.1 million for the sculpture, nearing the top end of the $20–$30 million estimate and setting a new record for the price of a sculpture at auction. The record lasted just under a month, being easily beaten by the ancient Guennol Lioness. However,