Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Tête de femme (Dora Maar), signed 'Picasso' (lower left); dated '25 mai 41' (on the stretcher), oil on canvas, 16 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (41 x 33.5 cms). Painted 25 May 1941. Est $6.5-8.5 million. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2007

NEW YORK.- Christie’s New York will show Faces in Art ~ Iconic Portraiture, a select exhibition of paintings from the fall sales of Impressionist and Modern, Post-War and Contemporary and Latin American Art as well as Old Master Paintings that will run from October 29 through 31. Captured in time between Rubens’ intimate Two studies of a young man, head and Andy Warhol’s sexy Liz, Iconic Portraiture will pay homage to the power of and in the face. As ‘looking at’ invariably evokes a sense of ‘being looked at,’ Faces in Art will provide gentle confrontation and genuine engagement with the floating and the fixed, the questions and the answers, and the same eternal mysteries reflected in every portrayed pair of eyes throughout time.
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Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen, Westphalia 1577-1640 Antwerp), Two studies of a man, head and shoulders. Estimate: £4 - 6 million ($ 8 - 12 million). © Christie's Images Ltd. 2007.