The world's most expensive painting ever sold at auction is
going on show in the UK for the first time on Monday.
The work, called Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, was painted in
1932 by Pablo Picasso and is based on his muse, Marie-Therese Walter.
The painting, which was sold in New York last year for $106.5m (£65.5m), will go on display at the Tate Modern in London.
Tate director Nicholas Serota: "This is an outstanding painting by Picasso."
"I am delighted that through the generosity of the lender we are able to bring it to the British public for the first time."
Mr Serota said: "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust is one of the sequence of paintings of Picasso's muse, Marie-Therese Walter, made by the artist at Boisgeloup, Normandy, in the early months of 1932.
'Greatest achievements'
"They are widely regarded as amongst his greatest achievements of the inter-war period."
The painting has been borrowed from the unnamed private collector who bought it.
It is not known what security precautions have been taken at the gallery to protect it from thieves and vandals.
A Picasso exhibition will open at Tate Britain next year.
Picasso first met Ms Walter, a model in 1927 and she became his
mistress. He began to paint her four years later. She died in 1977, four years after Picasso.
Vocabularies:
ReplyDelete1. Muse沉思
- To think about a matter usually without serious concentration
- I like to muse about what I will do when I grow up.
2. Generosity慷慨
- Generous
- Many people benefited from his countless generosities
3. Nude裸體
- Without clothes
4. Bust半身像
- A sculpture of a person’s head and shoulders
- On his desk there stood a bust of his favorite poet.
5. Sequence(n)序列
- Follow one another in a particular order
- Farmers met with a sequence of bad harvests.
6. Amongst(prep)之間
- Preposition. In the middle of sth
-Tom has always been popular among his classmate
7. Mistress(n)情婦
- A woman who is the lover of a man to whom she is not married
- He has a mistress in Paris.
Summary
ReplyDeleteWorld's most expensive painting goes on show in UK. This work is called Nude, Green Leaves and Bust. It was painted by Picasso in 1932. It is about his first met Ms Walter. She is a model in1927 and became his favorite. She was being painted four years later. This outstanding painting is lent generously for the first time in the British public. It sold for $106.5m (£65.5m) will show at the Tate Modern in London on this Monday. Next year, at Tate Britain will have a Picasso exhibition.
Question:
ReplyDelete1.What is the name of the work?
2.When and where will this painting go on show?
3.How much did this painting sold in New York last year?
4.Who was the people that Picasso draw?
5.What is the relationship between Ms Walter and Picasso?