Jeune Fille Endormie

Jeune Fille Endormie is rarely seen in public. The only time it has been previously available for viewing was in 1939 when owner Walter P. Chrysler Jr. lent it to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City for a retrospective of Picasso's work. and was sent to be sold at Christie's auction house in London in June 2011. with the proceeds going toward a A$400m (£260m) research center. The donor had made her donation conditional upon the painting being immediately sold with proceeds going toward research; she delivered it personally, having flown from overseas with the painting in her hand-luggage. ==Description==

Jeune Fille Endormie is one of many paintings Picasso made of his lover, Marie-Thérèse Walter. It is tightly focused on the sleeping head of Marie-Thérèse, with her body painted in an incandescent array of colors. It was completed and signed by Picasso on 3 February 1935. The painting is signed by Picasso on the upper left and measures 46.3 cm x 55 cm. ==References==