How does Bust of a Woman (Marie-Thérèse) elucidate its History?
The bust was displayed as part of the Picasso Sculpture exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) in New York in 2016. This was the largest exhibition of Picasso's sculptures for 50 years.A legal dispute arose over the sculpture's sale and ownership between the art agency Pelham Europe, acting on behalf of the Qatari royal family, and the American art dealer Larry Gagosian, who had resold the bust to Leon Black. A trial was set for September 2016. In June 2016, the lawsuit was settled by Maya Widmaier Picasso, the owner of the sculpture. The settlement included Leon Black getting the sculpture and Widmaier Picasso paying Pelham an undisclosed amount.The revelation of the disputed sale drew attention to the sculpture at the MoMa exhibition, a security guard was subsequently posted near it and Gopnik recalled that "Instagramers were all over it".
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