Pablo Picasso: Dora Maar au Chat 1941

Dora Maar was Pablo Picasso's lover and he had painted her several times and this is one example of that. She was more than just a lover she was Picasso's friend and supported his political views and spoke his native language spanish. This particular piece was painted in 1941 at the beginning of the second world war in France. Picasso had compared Maar's temperament to an afhgan cat which is the significance of the cat in the portrait. the posture in the painting is powerful and posied. This painting was purchased by an unknown individual and was bought along with several other paintings in a total of 100 million dollars in artwork. This portrait is considered to be one of the finest examples and most expensive of the Maar portraits.