picasso painting

[nclark]

how much is a Woman in White Picasso painting from the Lizzie P Bliss Collection worth? on the back is from the museum of modern art and the metropolitan museum of art and catalda fine prints????

[mikewith]

This is a Picasso print or possibly a photomechanical reproduction rather than a Picasso *painting*, I take it? The painting would be worth millions, the print... less so. Catalda Fine Arts -- if you do a quick search on the web -- *seems* to have done lots of reproductions like this without getting permission or copyright clearance. (The Kazaa of their day?!?) But the net result appears to be quite a realistic, sturdy reproduction that's worth next to nothing. Butlooks quite nice.

[mikewall01]

Women in White (Femme en Blanc, or, Mujer de Blanco) painted by Picasso in 1922/23 is possibly worth between 7 and 10 million US dollars. The painting is the subject of a legal dispute concerning ownership. It was stolen from a French art dealer in the early 1940s by the Nazis. In 1975 it was bought by Marilyn Alsdorf of Chicago from the Stephen Hahn Gallery in New York. A legal battle over ownership (still unresolved) has raged ever since, involving relatives of the original owners. I believe that the painting is now housed in the New York Metropolitan Art Museum. The Lillie (not Lizzie) P Bliss connection is that she made a bequest in 1929 to the NY museum to help establish a permanent collection of contemporary European and American art. I can find no evidence however that this painting ever formed part of her "collection". With regard to your print, these are available for between 14 & 20 US dollars, so it is probably worth whatever someone will give you for the frame, sadly.