‘War Is In the Paintings I Have Done’ | Pablo Picasso’s 'Le Marin'

Loic Gouzer and Max Carter tell the story of Pablo Picasso’s 1943 masterpiece. Executed in 1943, at the height of the Occupation, Le Marin offers one of the most profound and revealing views into Pablo Picasso’s wartime psyche. ‘From the depth and power of expression to his striped Breton shirt, Le Marin is an extraordinarily vivid portrait of the artist,’ confirms Adrien Meyer, Co-Chairman, Impressionist and Modern Art, Christie’s New York. ‘Painted at both Picasso’s and Western civilisation’s lowest ebb, this is art history and 20th-century history writ large. The fact that Le Marin once inhabited the legendary collection of Victor and Sally Ganz makes this picture all the more exceptional.’ Find out more: https://ift.tt/2rxsvZP