Woman with Folded Arms - Pablo Picasso

Price in US $ - 55 million






Woman with Folded Arms (Femme aux Bras Croisés ) was painted by Pablo Picasso in 1902 during his Blue Period.

The unknown model was an inmate of the Saint-Lazare hospital-prison in Paris - probably someone who had recently attempted suicide and now carried the blank but menacing stare of those unfortunates who found themselves at Saint-Lazare during the early 1900s.

While the identity of the woman in the painting is unknown, the inspiration for the Picasso Blue Period came from the tragic suicide of his friend and roommate Carlos Casagemas. Only 19 years old at the age of his death, the young Picasso then went through a 3 year period in which all of his paintings were awash with blue shades suggesting the misery and grief of his subjects.

Les Noces de Pierrette (The marriage of Pierrette) - Pablo Picasso

Price in US $ - 49, 300, 000




From Picasso's Blue Period (1905); he created the painting during the most critical period of his life; when he was suffering of continuous depression from the death of his dear friend Carlos Casagemas. The brilliant painting is the last in the list of Picasso's Japanese themed paintings. The painting is considered as a blue period masterpiece. No doubt the painting is a great artwork and masterpiece in all respects. The painting perfectly combines all the magic, mystery and melancholy of Picasso's Blue period.

Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto - Pablo Picasso

Price in US $ - 29,100,000


The Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto, also known as The Absinthe Drinker, is a famous example of Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period. It depicts the intense features and gaze of the artist’s close friend de Soto, who is seated at a café. For a short while Picasso and de Soto shared a studio, and they remained close friends until 1938 – the tragic year when de Soto was killed in the Spanish Civil War.