The 1969 portrait of a bodyguard entitled Buste d’homme dans un cadre – “Portrait of a man in a frame”, was sold by Christie’s in Hong Kong, with bids starting at 11.7 million euros (10 10 million).
His table Pablo Picasso which belonged in the past to the late Sir Sean Connery sold at a price of 20.7 million euros (17.7 million pounds).
The 1969 bodyguard portrait with the title Buste d’homme dans un cadre – “Portrait of a man in a frame”, sold by Christie’s in Hong Kong, with bids starting at 11.7 million euros (εκα 10 million).
Georgina Hilton, the project’s auctioneer, wore a tuxedo to a moving tribute to Sean Connery as James Bond.
He stressed that it is considered “one of the most beautiful and impressive paintings of the artist from the last decade of his life” by art experts and described the work as “shocking”.
According to the Times, Adrien Meyer, co-chair of Impressionist and Modern Art at Christie’s, said: “It is a privilege for Christie’s to have Sir Sean Connery’s family trust the sale of this magnificent Picasso portrait. “It is not surprising that a titan of the film industry was attracted by this achievement of the greatest titan of contemporary art.”
Edinburgh-born actor Stephan Connery, in a pre-auction statement, described his father’s enthusiastic artistic look and love for painting: in a visual medium, as well as his many years of marriage to Micheline (Rockburn), an outstanding and internationally recognized painter “.
For Buste d’homme dans un cadre, Picasso drew inspiration from famous painters of the golden age, such as Rembrandt and Velasquez and the giants of literature, Shakespeare and Dumas.
Proceeds from the sale of the play, as the actor’s son said, will be donated to charity in Scotland and the Bahamaswhere Sean Connery lived with his wife for more than 30 years, supporting actions in the fields of sports and ocean conservation.
