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Picasso s powerful portraits of his lover and his wife | Christie s

Picasso’s second wife Jacqueline (1927-1986) is immediately identifiable by her almond-shaped eyes and dark hair. Femme assise dans un fauteuil noir (Jacqueline) was painted in 1962, a few months after their marriage. Gill describes it as ‘a more sculptural image, but like the Marie-Thérèse there is great physicality there. ‘At the time of the Jacqueline portrait,’ adds Gill, ‘Picasso was looking back at Old Master painters, engaging with artists such as Delacroix and Manet. The background has this very dramatic, Baroque feel, echoing Velázquez’s painting Las Meninas, which he had studied intensely.’ The personalities that emerge from the two portraits are very different: where Marie-Thérèse is soft and sensual, Jacqueline is regal and commanding, as if the artist is in thrall to his new wife.

Picasso s Marie-Thérèse Walter portrait £15 million Christie s auction

Tony Vaccaro / Getty Images Pablo Picasso first laid eyes upon a young Marie-Thérèse Walter near the Galeries Lafayette in 1927. Completely besotted, the artist – then unhappily married and in his mid-forties – approached the girl, grabbed her arm, and declared, ‘I’m Picasso! You and I are going to do great things together.’ Femme nue couchée au collier (Marie-Thérèse) by Pablo Picasso, signed, dated and inscribed Boisgeloup 18 juin XXXII Picasso , estimate £9,000,000 – 15,000,000 CHRISTIE S IMAGES LTD. 2021 Advertisement Five years later, the artist devoted himself to painting a series of some 10 portraits of Walter. One of these masterpieces was Femme nue couchée au collier, an intimate view of his mistress and muse as she sleeps in front of a vibrant blue, green and red backdrop. Held by a private, anonymous European collector since 2014, the tender portrait is now heading to auction as part of Christie’s digital 20t

GameStop relives extreme volatility in roller-coaster day

GameStop relives extreme volatility in roller-coaster day Paul Jarvis, Bloomberg News VIDEO SIGN OUT GameStop Corp. ended the session higher after a roller-coaster session that echoed the wild swings in January when the company first rattled markets. Shares closed up 7.3 per cent to US$265 in New York, extending gains for a sixth day, its longest winning streak since September. But it was not a smooth ride for the video-game retailer. At one point, shares whiplashed violently, with the stock bouncing between US$348 and US$172 in about 22 minutes, triggering multiple volatility halts. Volume also exploded, with over 70 million shares changing hands, almost double what’s been seen in the past week.

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