A Picasso by Sean Connery is up for auction for around 18m euros

This ‘Bust d’homme dans un cadre’ from 1969 de Picasso will be sold to the highest bidder at the auction house branch on May 26. Christie’s Hong Kongwill remain open until then. “To be [Connery] I’ve never been a materialist, but I’ve been very invested emotionally and financially in all the arts I have. There was nothing in his collection that he did not admire,” says his stepson and also an art consultant. stephanie conneryHe added that his stepfather had sold another Picasso in the early 2000s.

The actor, who died on October 30, 2020 at the age of 90, spent the last period of his life struggling with dementia. It took almost all the memories of his life. Whoever was one of the most charismatic James Bonds in the history of the saga didn’t even know who he was. But that didn’t stop him from spending his final years in the Bahamas playing golf with the love of his life, the Franco-Moroccan painter Micheline Roquebrune, to whom he had been married for more than 45 years. “There was no life for him, he couldn’t even express himself lately,” she told the Mail on Sunday two years ago.

On your own behalf The painting is “an epic representation of Picasso’s musketeer motif, an archetype of masculinity. Cape and sword from the seventeenth century, inspired by famous painters of the Golden Age”, explain Christie’s, the auction house responsible for organizing the auction in Hong Kong.

“[Sean Connery] could see this Picasso devoted time to this work, which contains a very strong rawness.. He loved the plastered surface and admired the painted frame,” his stepson explains. They also emphasize that this is the most important thing from the auction house. This work is up for auction for the first time.: “This is one of the best works of the artist’s last period to reach the market”.

The money raised is expected to reach the target audience. 18 million €It will go to fund various organizations related to the interests of the player, from the protection of the oceans to various sports activities and will be channeled through the Sean Connery Charitable Foundation.

Source: Informacion

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