Picasso's “Seated Woman in Blue Dress” auctioned for $45 millionMay 16, 2017 - 15:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - One of Pablo Picasso's best-known portraits has been sold at auction in New York for $45m, BBC News reports. Femme Assise, Robe Bleu (Seated Woman in Blue Dress) features one of his many lovers, Dora Maar. During World War Two, the Nazis seized the painting but were intercepted on their way from Paris to Moravia by French Resistance fighters. In 2015, Picasso's Women of Algiers sold for $179m at Christie's - a record for a picture sold at auction. Seated Woman went to a US collector and six years ago it was sold for $26m. Dora Maar and Picasso had an intense relationship for nine years. He painted Seated Woman in 1939, when he was 58 and she was 31. It is one of the great Picasso portraits of his middle years, inspired - as so often - by love and by powerful sexual desire, BBC arts correspondent Vincent Dowd reports. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |