Posthumous Events
On 3 May 2006, one of Picasso's portraits of her, Dora Maar au Chat ("Dora Maar with Cat") was auctioned at Sotheby's at a closing price of US$95,216,000, making it the world's second most expensive painting ever sold at auction . The winning bidder chose to remain anonymous; however, it was later revealed that he was bidding on behalf of a Russian buyer.
Two Picasso art works depicting Maar were stolen in France in 1999. First, an oil on canvas, "Dora Maar", was stolen from a boat on the French Riviera. The boat's crew was arrested and Lloyds offered a 540,000 euro reward. The painting is currently registered with the FBI's National Stolen Art File. The second stolen "Dora Maar" is a bronze sculpture representing her face. It was taken from a public square in Paris on 1 April 1999.
Currently, The Brown Foundation Fellows Program based in Dora Maar's former home in Menerbes, France, provides residencies of one to three months for mid-career professionals in the arts and humanities to concentrate on their fields of expertise.
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