Pablo Picasso with Irène Rignault (Madame X) and the portrait of her in October 1953. This painting valued at that time at 500'000 FF was later stolen from the property of Mme Madeleine Roger, mother of Mme Rignault at Bellerive-sur-Allier or sold by her. In the background an automatic piano which Pablo Picasso bought 1950 in a bistro in Vallauris. La Galloise, Vallauris 17.10.1953.

Pablo Picasso, in a patterned overshirt and checkered slippers, sits beside a composed Irène Rignault (Madame X) at his villa, La Galloise. Propped before them is his large, unframed portrait of her—a work valued at 500,000 francs at the time and later reported stolen. On the shaggy carpet lies a makeshift painter's palette. Behind them, an automatic piano stands near a screen affixed with a poster for Picasso's 1952 exhibition. Vallauris, 17 October 1953.

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Artworks:

"Exposition 1952 Vallauris", 1952. Bloch.I:1257.I
"Madame X", 1953

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