UPablo Picasso ‘Ibhongo loMfazi Ohleli phantsi,’ (1962).Sotheby's Njengamanye amagcisa angamadoda adumileyo, uPablo Picasso wayeyaziwa ngokuqhwithela kwaye rhoqo ubudlelwane obunengxaki wayenomculo wakhe njengoko wayenobugcisa obumangalisayo obadubula kwezi ndibano. Ubushushu bomfazi ohleli phantsi, a Umsebenzi ophefumlelweyo nguJacqueline Roque, umfazi wakhe wesibini kunye nomyuziyam wokugqibela, wenza indawo ephambili yeSotheby ezayo I-Impressionist, ubuGcisa bemihla ngemihla ukuthengiswa ngokuhlwa ngoDisemba 8. URoque wayebonakala ezinikele kumculi, esamkela imikhwa yakhe yasendle kwaye ehlala naye de wasweleka.
Uqikelelo lokuthengisa phakathi kwe- $ 8 yezigidi kunye ne-12 yezigidi zeedola, Ubushushu bomfazi ohleli phantsi ngumzekelo wesimbo somzobo wegcisa obonisa imiba emibini yobuso, nangona ingazukubeka zirekhodi. Emuva ngo-2015, uPicasso Abafazi baseAlgiers (Inguqulelo 'O') , Ngo-1955, wathatha eso sihloko xa kuthengiswa nge-179.3 yezigidi ezimangalisayo, ebeka irekhodi elipheleleyo lomsebenzi kwintengiso ngelo xesha. Nangona kunjalo, Umfazi uhleli imele ixesha elinesiqhamo ngokukodwa kwikhondo lomsebenzi kaPicasso xa wayehlaziywa kwaye evuselelwa nguRoque, owaba ngumfazi wayeza kwenza imifanekiso emininzi kunaye nawuphi na umfazi ebomini bakhe, kubandakanya noFrançoise Gilot, umama wabantwana bakhe ababini.
UPicasso noJacqueline batshata ngo-1961, oko kuthetha ukuba uPicasso Umfazi uhleli ithatha iRoque kwasekuqaleni emtshatweni wabo, njengoko umsebenzi ubhalwe ngo-1962. Ngalo mfanekiso, uPicasso uphinde wabamba inkosikazi yakhe entsha kwiprofayili enezinto ezibini, nesisisixhobo sokubhala esizinze kwiCubism awayeyilenzile esenza imifanekiso yakhe kaDora Maar. Ukujonga umzobo, amashiya aqinileyo kaJacqueline kunye neempumlo ezihloniphekileyo zimelwe ngokugqwesileyo, kodwa ngokunjalo iprofayili yakhe inikezelwe kwicala lasekhohlo lobuso bomfanekiso.
