Monday, September 26th, 2011

Munch, Warhol, Picasso’s Take on Women at Bonhams Print Sale

June 25, 2010 by  
Filed under Art Market, Featured

LONDON.- They modelled for three of the greatest artists who ever lived. One was murdered by her lover; another shot herself; the third lives on, a potent reminder of Hollywood’s glamour years. And their images lead Bonham’s Print sale in London on 13 July. The star lot is an impression of Edvard Munch’s Madonna, thought to be the first hand coloured version of this iconic image. The model was his mistress, Dagny Juel, a femme fatale who, after numerous ill-fated [...]