Portrait de Dora Maar au Chignon. II (B. 292; Ba. 612)

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Pablo Picasso
Portrait de Dora Maar au Chignon. II (B. 292; Ba. 612)
drypoint, 1936, on Auvergne Richard de Bas laid paper, with stamped signature, numbered in pencil 5/50 (there were also nineteen artist's proofs), printed in 1961, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, lower right platemark slightly weak, a minor pale rust spot in the extreme upper left of the subject, otherwise generally in very good condition
P. 340 x 248mm., S. 510 x 402mm.

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Lot Essay

Marie-Thérèse Walter and Dora Maar were very different characters, and the way in which Picasso portrayed them reflected this. Whereas Marie-Thérèse was depicted in various guises as an actress in complex narrative scenes, portraits of Dora Maar were just that - portraits. Perhaps he felt her character was too strong or too well-formed for him to imagine her being anyone other than who she was.

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