A Rare Sighting: Françoise Gilot in Her Studio with Her Children

Published on 31 March 2021, by Claire Papon

Auction on 09 April 2021 - 14:30 (CEST) - Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Her paintings seldom go under the hammer on this side of the Atlantic or the Channel. This one is especially interesting because it depicts the artist in her studio with her children.

Françoise Gilot (b. 1921), Françoise Gilot et ses enfants: Claude et Paloma dans... A Rare Sighting: Françoise Gilot in Her Studio with Her Children

Françoise Gilot (b. 1921), Françoise Gilot et ses enfants: Claude et Paloma dans l’atelier (Françoise Gilot and Her Children: Claude and Paloma in the Studio), oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm (28.75 x 23.63 in).
Estimate: €20,000/30,000

Françoise Gilot (b. 1921) was Picasso ’s companion from 1943 to 1953 and the mother of his children Claude (born 1947) and Paloma (born 1949), but she never sacrificed her career to his. Things were not necessarily easy for "the…

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