While Wynn was showing the painting to his friends, apparently about to reveal the now still officially undisclosed previous owner (see above), he put his right elbow through the canvas, puncturing the left forearm of the figure and creating a six-inch tear. Blue Period En arrière-plan se trouve un mur recouvert d'un papier peint marron à croisillons et fleurs rappelant les textures de Matisse, peintre avec lequel Picasso entretient un dialogue indirect réciproque par l'intermédiaire de leurs recherches picturales respectives. Press Release, Early Period [4] On March 26, 2013, the New York Post reported that Steven A. Cohen of SAC Capital had bought the painting from Wynn for $155 million. Find art you love and shop high-quality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at Art.com. It was initially purchased by Victor and Sally Ganz for $7,000 as early as 1941. Surrealism Period

After a pricey restoration and insurance claim, Cohen eventually bought Le Rêve in 2013 for $155m. There has been considerable research to find photography around the life of Picasso in order to visually understand better those around him and his own behaviour beyond just what has been written. ArtPaintingArtist is a online art gallery of beautiful paintings and drawings with their stories and detailed analysis. Elle appartient depuis mars 2013 à Steven Cohen. It is said to have been painted in one afternoon, on January 24, 1932. This style is said to be near style of Fauvism, which also used contrasting colors. The painting belongs to Picasso's period of distorted works, incorporating oversimplified outlines and contrasted colors; resembling early Fauvism. [2] This purchase began their 50-year collection of works by just five artists: Picasso, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, and Eva Hesse. [10] Cohen bought the painting from Wynn in 2013 for $155 million (ca. Le Rêve (The Dream in French) is a 1932 oil painting (130 × 97 cm) by Pablo Picasso, then 50 years old, portraying his 24-year-old mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. Ephron offered as an explanation that Wynn uses wild gestures while speaking and has retinitis pigmentosa, which affects his peripheral vision. This may potentially symbolize the act of sex itself or the artist’s possession or influence on the model. The highly contrasting colors and the overly simplified depiction is from Picasso’s period of distorted depictions. From historical depictions to contemporary thoughts – it’s all here on the features at ArtPaintingArtist.org. Picasso would vary his colours across his career, famously going through his blue and rose periods.

The original painting has changed hands on regular occassions and has amassed a prizely sum over the years.

[12], "Say It with Flowers—or Gourds, Goats, Fur Cups, or Fried", "Picasso's Portrait of His Mistress Sells for $44 Million", "SAC's Cohen buys $155M Picasso after settling trading probe", "Lloyd's Sued on Payout for Hurt Picasso", Wynn Settles Insurance Suit With Lloyd's Over a Torn Picasso, "Picasso's Le Rêve bought for record sum by finance giant Steven A Cohen", "Billionaire Griffin Pays $500 Million for Two Paintings", Picasso. La toile représente une jeune femme, Marie-Thérèse Walter, assise dans un fauteuil rouge à bras, les avant-bras posés et les mains à six doigts croisées. Elle appartient à la période néoclassique de Picasso. Since then, The Dream has been seen as an investment opportunity more so than attracting genuine fans of the artist's work. It belongs to Picasso's period of distorted depictions, with its oversimplified outlines and contrasted colors resembling early cubism. At this time in art history Picasso was setting new ground all the time, requiring new classifications as his unique ideas and styles created art in ways never seen before. This photograph captures Marie-Thérèse Walter in Leysin, Switzerland, around 1929. The painter’s mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter, was is his muse in this libidinous portrait of sexual desire and expression. When the owners passed away much of their collection was auctioned off in the 1990s, to a huge profit. Late Period, About Art Authority All rights reserved. Our visitors can easily navigate around different cultures, era, countries and styles of paintings in seconds. It’s a primal painting and a blissful one, with its simplified forms, lush colours and dancing patterns. When the insurers balked, Wynn sued them in January 2007. Le Rêve shows the 50-year-old Picasso’s 22-year-old mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter, in erotic reverie. A question though, why the girl has five fingers on both hands? The way in which he depicts her fingers with sharp lines plus also the detail in the background will remind some of the work of Frenchman Henri Matisse with paintings such as Music and The Dance. Le Rêve headlined a stunning Picasso exhibition in the Tate Modern, London that focused on Picasso's work during the year of 1932 and included Nude Woman in a Red Armchair and Girl before a Mirror. Le Rêve shows the 50-year-old Picasso’s 22-year-old mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter, in erotic reverie. It is said to have been painted in one afternoon, on 24 January 1932. Seated Woman in a Red Armchair and Woman in a Red Armchair, both from early 1932, seemed to bridge the gap between sculpture and oil on canvas. Blog, All art prints and images on this website are copyright of their respective owners. Rose Period It is at least as famous, though, for what was happening behind the scenes as what’s on the canvas. [7] Having secured a $139m sale to collector Steven Cohen in 2006, its then owner, Steve Wynn, put his elbow through it. The incident was called Wynn incident due to the owner’s name and it also caused a considerable damage to the price of the painting itself. We have collections of famous paintings in different categories. Her hands are placed over her pubic triangle while her breasts are partly exposed. Amedeo Modigliani, for example, concentrated much of his career on this theme.