3 min read · 28 Apr 2026

Buste d’homme barbu. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
Pablo Picasso, Buste d’homme barbu, is due to be sold at Sotheby's in New York on May 20, 2026 with a $2m to $3m estimate.
It last sold at auction in 2005 for $1.05m at Christie's. The current low estimate is 185% higher than its previous low estimate of $700,000.
Oil on canvas, 61.0 x 48.9cm. The work has been traded 7 times in the past.
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