Picasso’s Marie-Thérèse at Acquavella Galleries

Marie-Thérèse Walter © Gérard Blot/Réunion de Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY, Acquavella Galleries

The big news about the exhibition Picasso’s ‘Marie-Thérèse’  at Acquavella Galleries in NYC is that it is the first time Le Rêve (The Dream) will be viewed since Steve Wynn put his elbow through it in 2006 and blew a $139 million sale.  But I would also like to see the photographs of Marie-Thérèse, Picasso's teenage muse and lover, like the one above with her mother's dog, Dolly.   Via the NY Times.

Le Rêve with Photoshopped hole where actual tear occured. Via Never Yet Melted

BTW, Christopher Knight of the LA Times writes about Le Rêve:

"What makes the painting so exceptional is its exalted place in a hallowed tradition that includes Titian's Venus of Urbino, Caravaggio's Triumphant Cupid, Courbet's Origin of the World and many more. Le Rêve is an exquisite Modern sex painting."

Holland Cotter of the NY Times calls it kitsch.  What do you think?

Show runs until November 29, 2008.  Visit Aquavella Galleries for more information.

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