Picasso painting not seen for 80 years unveiled by Paris auction house

<p>Portrait of Dora Maar completed in Paris during war had been in private collection since being bought in 1944</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/18/france-strikes-lecornu-merz-sanchez-von-der-leyen-europe-live-latest-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>A newly discovered painting by Pablo Picasso of the French photographer and painter Dora Maar completed during the German occupation of Paris that has not been seen for 80 years, has been unveiled.</p><p>The work, Bust of a Woman in a Flowery Hat (Dora Maar), was finished towards the end of the couple’s turbulent nine-year relationship and shows Maar in a softer, more colourful light than Picasso’s previous portraits of his then lover.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/18/picasso-painting-hidden-for-80-years-auction-paris">Continue reading...</a>