Перегляд вихідного коду сторінки Why is Picasso's Algiers woman valued at $140 million?

Picasso's 1950s landmark masterpiece "[http://m.bizcommunity.com/MyAccount/SubmitForum.aspx Oil portray appraisal and upkeep] Algiers woman (" O "version)", will be held by New York in May 11th Christie's "looking past" special night launch, valued 140 million dollars (about 880 million yuan). Black shadows in the background give the screen a sense of a certain three degree space. They are concave and convex. They look like blocks of solid objects, while others are fragments of transparent bodies. These extraordinary blocks make the picture have some integrity and continuity.

Picasso tried to keep the picture flat. Although many of the surfaces are concave and convex, they are not concave or convex. The display space is so light that the painting looks as if it were a relief image. He intentionally eliminates the distance between the characters and the background, trying to make all the parts of the picture appear on the same surface.

Picasso pioneered Cubism, is to show people the face with a picture and all parts of the back, and not like the traditional style of painting as a fixed point of view to show the image of. This works because he is in art maturity, we can clearly see that the perfect perfect modeling method.

The story of art works

There is a story about the origin of the work.

Picasso has been on the French romantic master Delacroix's works especially the "Algiers woman" became fascinated by the creation of this series with the theme of works in addition to pay tribute to Delacroix, Picasso also use it as a memorial to his friend and rival great artist Leigh Mathis Heng an elegy.

Matisse died in November 1954 and five weeks later Picasso began the series. Matisse used Delacroix as a leader in his pursuit of color and orientalism. And Picasso inherited the legacy, and he said, "when Matisse died, he gave me his royal concubine."." Between December 1954 and February 1955, according to the Picasso Delacroix "Algiers woman" with the themes of the two versions, the creation of 15 pieces of the same series of adapted works.

The "O" version of the film is the end of the series. Picasso, who has devoted himself to the creation, has completed this work after hundreds of paper searches and 14 other oil paintings. Its composition is dense, the paintings created an extraordinary style, fusion of Cubism, Fauvism, Neo Impressionism and many other elements. Christie's experts believe that this work therefore ranks among "girl Avignon" (1907) and "Guernica" (1937) list, became his most famous works.

Collection from collectors Ganz and his wife

The "Algiers woman" ("O" Edition) was a famous collection from the famous collectors Victor Ganz and Sally Ganz. They bought the 15 paintings from Picasso's dealer, Henry Cazevieille, at the $212 thousand and 500 price they demanded. They numbered each version in English letters, and the series became the "O" edition.

In 1997, this piece of work together with the other 3 versions (H, K, M, version) as independent auction in New York in 1997 Christie's auction, the total turnover amounted to $206 million 500 thousand, the auction record private collection series record, and "Algiers woman (" O "version)", sold for $31 million 902 thousand and 500 the price exceeded $12 million valuation of two times.