Explore the abstract of this artwork, La Gommeuse.
La Gommeuse [la ɡɔmøz] is a 1901 oil-on-canvas painting by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. It dates from his  Blue Period and is noted for its caricature of Picasso's friend Pere Mañach painted on the reverse. Gommeuse was sexually charged slang of the time for café-concert singers and their songs. It was offered for sale ex the  William I. Koch collection at a Sotheby's, New York, auction on 5 November 2015. The painting realized $67.5 million at the sale, a record for a Blue Period Picasso, placing the painting among the most expensive ever sold.
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