THE EMILY FISHER LANDAU COLLECTION: AN ERA DEFINED

Nov 9

**Pablo Picasso’s Femme à la montre was sold yesterday in New York for almost 140 million dollars.**

The late Emily Fisher Landau left an outstanding collection that was recently sold on auction at Sotheby’s New York.

Among other works, Femme à la montre by Picasso was sold for 139,363,500 USD. However, and contrary to what many expected, it has not surpassed the sale of the work Les Femmes d'Alger auctioned in 2015 at Christie’s for almost 180 million dollars.

In this piece, acquired by Landau in 1968, we find a portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter, mother of Picass’s daughter, Maya.

Pablo Picasso,1932. *Femme à la montre.*

Other works sold in this auction were:

Georgia O’Keeffe’s Pink Tulip (Abstraction - #77 Tulip) (1925) for 5,734,800 USD
Agnes Martin’s Grey Stone II (1961) for 18,718,500 USD
Ed Ruscha’s Securing the Last Letter (Boss) (1964) for 39,400,500 USD
Piet Mondrian’s Composition (unfinished) (1938) for 9,166,500 USD
Franz Kline’s Untitled (1959) for 3,590,000 USD
Mark Rothko’s Untitled (1958) for 22,165,500 USD
Willem De Kooning’s Untitled XV (1983) for 8,607,300 USD
Cy Twombly’s Untitled (1968) for 26,761,500 USD
Jasper Johns’ Flags (1986) for 41,000,000 USD