The Consten Collection, Painting in Perspective

Result EUR2,300,000

Published on 02 June 2023, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 23 May 2023 - 14:30 (CEST) - Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Pablo Picasso and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, the anticipated leading artists, played their roles perfectly.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le Peintre I (“The Painter I”), oil on canvas, signed... The Consten Collection, Painting in Perspective

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le Peintre I (“The Painter I”), oil on canvas, signed and dated “21/2/67”, 100 x 81 cm/39 x 32 in.
© Succession Picasso, 2023
Result: €2,3 M

The collection of Pierre and Jeannine Consten went up for auction at Drouot on the May 13 th , raking in a total of €4,022,383. Logically—and in all modesty—the prize went to this oil on canvas by Pablo Picasso , Le Peintre I (“The Painter I”) , an artwork from 1967 referenced in the archives of the Louise Leiris Gallery, exhibited several times and reproduced…

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Collection Pierre & Jeannine CONSTEN

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