about Galerie Beyeler-Bale

Facing the right, the woman in this Pablo Picasso poster advertising for the Galerie Beyeler-Bale Picasso exhibition of 1967 is a fine example of the artist’s Cubist portraits.

The focus of the poster is the painting "Femme a La Montre", originally painted in 1932 to depict the artist’s lover and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter. Wearing a watch and hat that matches her dress, the partially-exposed woman is rendered through multiple perspectives and is reduced to colorful shapes. The original painting of this piece was sold in 2023 for $139 Million, making it the second most expensive work by the artist ever sold to date.