Dora Maar au Chat

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oil painting painting work of art

Dora Maar au Chat is a famous 1941 oil painting by Pablo Picasso depicting his muse Dora Maar seated with a small cat, celebrated as a key work of his Surrealist-influenced portraiture.

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Dora Maar with Cat 1
Portrait of Dora Maar 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
work of art ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance important example of Surrealist-influenced portraiture ⓘ
important example of late Cubist tendencies ⓘ
key work of Picasso’s wartime period ⓘ
major portrait of Dora Maar by Picasso ⓘ
associatedTheme female muse ⓘ
psychological complexity ⓘ
wartime anxiety ⓘ
associatedWith Picasso’s personal relationship with Dora Maar ⓘ
cataloguedAs portrait of Dora Maar with cat ⓘ
colorCharacteristic vivid colors ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Pablo Picasso ⓘ
depicts Dora Maar ⓘ
cat ⓘ
decorated chair ⓘ
interior setting ⓘ
small cat on the back of the chair ⓘ
striped dress ⓘ
woman seated on a chair ⓘ
genre portrait ⓘ
iconographyNote cat as symbol of tension and unpredictability ⓘ
sharp fingernails emphasizing psychological intensity ⓘ
inception 1941 ⓘ
influencedBy Surrealism ⓘ
mainSubject Dora Maar ⓘ
medium oil on canvas ⓘ
movement Cubism ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
periodInArtistCareer Picasso’s Dora Maar period ⓘ
recordSale one of the most expensive paintings ever sold at auction ⓘ
relatedWorkByArtist Dora Maar au Chat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Portrait of Dora Maar

The Weeping Woman ⓘ
surface form: Weeping Woman
salePriceApproximate 95 million US dollars ⓘ
salePriceCurrency US dollar ⓘ
saleYear 2006 ⓘ
significantFigureInArtistLife Dora Maar ⓘ
soldAtAuction Sotheby’s ⓘ
surface form: Sotheby’s New York
styleCharacteristic distorted forms ⓘ
exaggerated features ⓘ
fragmented planes ⓘ
titleLanguage French ⓘ
titleTranslation Dora Maar au Chat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dora Maar with Cat

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Pablo Picasso → notableWork → Dora Maar au Chat ⓘ
Dora Maar au Chat → relatedWorkByArtist → Dora Maar au Chat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Portrait of Dora Maar
Dora Maar au Chat → titleTranslation → Dora Maar au Chat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dora Maar with Cat