Sold a picture of Picasso, painted by him at 13 years old Automatic translate

Picasso’s painting, painted at the age of thirteen, was acquired today in London by an anonymous buyer for 2.6 million euros (2.1 million pounds). The pre-sale price of the painting, at the price of Christie’s auction house, ranged from 100,000 to 150,000 pounds. "Portrait of Modesto Castile" (Retrato de Modesto Castilla), painted by a genius from Malaga in 1895, once again broke the price record for the masterpieces of the master.

Pablo Picasso - Portrait of Modesto Castile, 1895

According to the representative of the auction house, the authorship of the painting was established by one of the artist’s daughters, Maya Picasso. The fact that the painting was sold at auction is exceptional, since almost all of Picasso’s works of this period belong to the artist’s descendants or to his official museums.

In La Coruna, where the painting was painted, Picasso’s youthful years passed, here he received the first painting lessons. Modesto Castile was a friend of the artist’s father, a minister during the First Republic, a philanthropist, patron of hospitals and almshouses. He, throughout his life, supported Pablo Picasso himself, his creative career. In total, two portraits of Modesto Castile by Picasso are known. The second picture is in a private collection.

Anna Sidorova