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After painting Guernica, Pablo Picasso created a series of works depicting one of the figures in the work, a weeping woman. The model for these works was his mistress Dora Maar. The definitive work in the series is in the collection of the Tate Modern in the United Kingdom.One of the series was painted on 18 October 1937, and is oil on canvas, 55 centimetres by 46 centimetres. While the painting at the Tate Modern is in bright reds, blues and yellows, the 18 October work has been described as "an unsettling combination of acid greens and vibrant mauves exaggerated by thick black outlines". This is the painting that was purchased by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1985 for A$1.6 million.Before the National Gallery of Victoria bought its Weeping Woman, the highest price paid by a major gallery in Australia for a painting was for Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles, which was purchased by the National Gallery of Australia in 1973 for A$1.3 million. Commenting on the purchase of The Weeping Woman, director of the National Gallery of Victoria Patrick McCaughey said its recent acquisition is "the most expensive purchase by any Australian gallery", and, "This face is going to haunt Melbourne for the next 100 years."In 2016, the National Gallery of Victoria's Weeping Woman has been reported as valued by Sotheby's as worth A$100 million.
Dora Maar Victoria Blue Poles Patrick McCaughey right Tate Modern oil on canvas The Weeping Woman Pablo Picasso Sotheby's Guernica Jackson Pollock National Gallery of Australia Melbourne National Gallery of Victoria