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 sits beside Irène Rignault, known as Madame X, at his villa La Galloise in Vallauris, 17 October 1953. The artist, wearing a striped shirt and checkered slippers, directs an intense gaze at the camera, while Rignault appears composed in a dark turtleneck. In the foreground rests the large, unframed portrait Picasso painted of her, its makeshift palette lying on the shaggy carpet nearby. This painting, valued at 500,000 francs at the time, was later reported stolen. Behind them, a poster from a 1952 exhibition is affixed to a wooden screen.

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Artworks:

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

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