When James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) are in Oberhuser's Moroccan lair, two paintings can be seen hanging over their respective beds in their rooms. In Bond's, Le Pigeon aux Petit Pois (The Pigeon with Green Peas) by Picasso, and in Madeleine's, Woman with a Fan by Modigliani. The latter was first seen in Skyfall (2012) when James Bond spots Sévérine (Bérénice Marlohe) for the first time, showing the painting to a potential buyer, who is subsequently assassinated. When Blofeld (Christoph Waltz) refers to the deaths of all the women in Bond's love life, his association with this painting serves to underscore this. These paintings are amongst the five that were stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in May 2010, which together are worth about one million euros ($118 million US). This could be a nod to Agente 007 - Licenza di uccidere (1962) where Goya's painting Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, stolen from the National Gallery, London in 1961, displayed in Dr. No's lair. The fact that the Modigliani was being shown in a private transaction reflects the fact that it was stolen.
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05-03-2025 alle ore 09:01