| Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O) | |
|---|---|
| English: The Women of Algiers | |
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| Artist | Pablo Picasso |
| Year | 1955 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 114 cm × 146.4 cm (45 in × 57.6 in) |
| Location | Private collection of Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Doha, Qatar |
Les Femmes d'Alger (English: Women of Algiers) is a series of 15 paintings and numerous drawings by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. The series, created in 1954–1955, was inspired by Eugène Delacroix's 1834 painting The Women of Algiers in their Apartment (French: Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement).[1] The series is one of several painted by Picasso in tribute to artists that he admired.[2]
The entire series of Les Femmes d'Alger was bought by Victor and Sally Ganz from the Galerie Louise Leiris in Paris for $212,500 in June 1956 (equivalent to $2.4 million in 2023).[3] Ten paintings from the series were later sold by the Ganz's to the Saidenberg Gallery, with the couple keeping versions "C", "H", "K", "M" and "O".[4]
Many of the individual paintings in the series are now in prominent public and private collections.
- ^ Mark Brown (10 April 2015). "Van Gogh, Picasso and others go on display before New York sales jamboree". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Picasso: Challenging the Past National Gallery p 109-114
- ^ "Pablo Picasso - Les femmes d'Alger (Version "O")". Christie's. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Christie's to Offer Picasso's Iconic Masterpiece of the 1950s" (PDF). Christie's. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.