Art Market Monitor

Global Coverage ~ Unique Analysis

  • AMMpro
  • AMM Fantasy Collecting Game
  • Podcast
  • Contact Us

The Woman Who Turned Down Picasso

March 2, 2015 by Marion Maneker

Anne Sinclair and Picasso
Anne Sinclair and Picasso 

Anne Sinclair has a new book coming out about her grandfather, the dealer Paul Rosenberg. 

Rosenberg and Picasso were the same age and became such close friends, they lived next door to each other in Paris. Picasso gave his dealer a priceless gift — he painted Rosenberg’s family: Anne Sinclair’s grandmother and her mother as an infant. Years later, Sinclair made a decision she now regrets: she actually turned down a chance to pose for Pablo Picasso.

“When I was 14, I remember that Picasso said to my mother, ‘Well, your daughter is becoming bigger and I like her eyes, and I see eyes all over her face, so I should paint her once!'” Sinclair recalled.

“And so I was terrified. A 14-year-old girl — imagine her twisted face, with eyes everywhere and nose everywhere! And so I said, ‘No!’ and ran into the garden, which was very intelligent of me!”

​Art and family history with Anne Sinclair  (CBS News)

More from Art Market Monitor

  • Lindemann: Andre a Better Foil for BrancusiLindemann: Andre a Better Foil for Brancusi
  • Tyranny of the 1.5% at May Auctions in New YorkTyranny of the 1.5% at May Auctions in New York
  • History of 20th C Art in Three ParagraphsHistory of 20th C Art in Three Paragraphs
  • Oliver Barker and Francis Bacon in The Front RowOliver Barker and Francis Bacon in The Front Row
  • AMM Fantasy Collecting London Contemporary: A Look at the ResultsAMM Fantasy Collecting London Contemporary: A Look at the Results
  • Sotheby’s Surrealist Selection for May 2012Sotheby’s Surrealist Selection for May 2012

Filed Under: General

About Marion Maneker

Want to get Art Market Monitor‘s posts sent to you in our email? Sign up below by clicking on the Subscribe button.

Top Posts

  • Keith Haring’s 1989 Retrospect Comes to Sotheby’s London Prints Sale
  • Tony Podesta's Secret Art Buying
  • Four of Picasso's Women Valued at $28m Come to Christie's from Rose-Walters Collection
  • Roy Lichtenstein’s Top Ten Auction Prices
  • Restituted Van Gogh Portrait from London Collection to Sell at Christie’s
  • Norman Rockwell's Not Gay. But Is He a Great Artist?
  • Christie’s to Sell Its First Fully Digital Work of Art in Test of Emerging Market
  • Podcast
  • Basquiat's Last Girlfriend
  • Christie's to Sell $12m Yves Klein to Benefit The Water Academy
  • About Us/ Contact
  • Podcast
  • AMMpro
  • Newsletter
  • FAQ

twitterfacebooksoundcloud
Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
California Privacy Rights
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Advertise on Art Market Monitor