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Long-Hidden Picasso Portrait of Muse Dora Maar Sells for $37 Million in Paris Auction
A vibrant and long-concealed Picasso portrait of his muse and partner Dora Maar has fetched a stunning 32 million euros (about $37 million) at a Paris auction — marking the highest art sale in France this year. Painted…
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About Dora Maar
Henriette Theodora Markovitch, known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer and painter. Maar was both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist. From 1935 to 1943, Maar was in a relationship with Pablo Picasso, and was depicted in a number of paintings, including his Portrait of Dora Maar and Dora Maar au Chat.
Everything about Dora Maar →- Occupation
- photographer, painter, poet, choreographer
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- November 22, 1907
- Died
- July 16, 1997