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Picasso's Blue Lady Reemerges After 100 Years

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Thursday, 10 August 2006 15:11

Pablo Ruiz Picasso Lady at Eden ConcertBARCELONA, SPAIN - To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973), and after over a hundred years, Rómulo-Antonio Tenés presents this exceptional painting of Picasso's blue period.  This painting stands out as one of the most beautiful from Picasso's Blue Period, and is attracting a great deal of interest amongst collectors and art investors who will now be able to purchase it.

Barcelona 1903.  Historical Antecedents:
Based on Fernande Olivier, Dama en Eden Concert, oil on canvas, painted in Barcelona in 1903 by Pablo Ruiz Picasso who, returning to Paris and during a short visit to Spain, stayed for a few weeks with the brothers de Soto at number 10 of the Conde de Asalto Street (at present Nou de las Ramblas), building which still exists.  Number 12 of this street was the Cabaret Edén Concert.  In 1903 Picasso already knew Fernande Olivier (artist's model), who moves in with him in august of 1904.

"Dama en Eden Concert", since its purchase from Picasso in 1903, belonged to the titular heir of the House of the Duke of Prim and Marquis of Castillejos, of Reus, Tarragona (Spain).  After the Spanish Civil War (1939) this work was donated by way of unpaid salaries to Vicente Gayubar, employee of the Prim House, whose heirs, Benjamín Vicente Gayubar and María Pérez Otón (now a widow) maintained it until 1992 in the 2 de Mayo Street, number 221, 4º 3ª in Barcelona.

In the painting "Dama en Eden Concert", the lady holds a glass bordered with nickel.  The round tables are of white marble, tables and glasses, exactly the same as the ones in the Cabaret Edén Concert, situated at number 12 of the Conde de Asalto Street (at present Nou de las Ramblas). 




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