Picasso Painting to Fetch 60 Million

This painting from Picasso’s “blue” period is due to be sold at auction tomorrow. It is expected to go for about 60 Million bucks. Andrew Lloyd Weber’s foundation will take the cash and give it to his charities.

Who knew that Picasso could paint “normal” looking people? I hope no one throws an elbow through it.

From the AP here:

The painting, expected to fetch up to $60 million, was scheduled to be sold at Christie’s on Wednesday.

The painting of de Soto, who shared a studio with Pablo Picasso, is being sold by the Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation, a London-based charity.

The oil-on-canvas painting, signed and dated 1903, was described in a Christie’s catalog as capturing de Soto’s haunting face: “The elegantly dressed sitter appears to scrutinize the viewer with an intense gaze, his inner agitation suggested by the forceful brushstrokes and the cloud of smoke hovering above him.”