Les Femmes dAlger (Version O)
ArtistPablo Picasso
Year1955
MediumOil on canvas
LocationPrivate collection
About Les Femmes dAlger (Version O)
Sold for 179.4 million dollars in 2015. A reinterpretation of Delacroixs Women of Algiers. Created as a 15-painting series, version O is the final one. Also a response to Matisses odalisques. Picasso painted the entire series in about two months.
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