Pablo Picasso

Estate of the artist
Marina Picasso Collection
Private Collection (acquired from the above; sale: Sotheby's, London, 8th February 2006, lot 130)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Venice, 1981, both illustrated in the catalogue
Munich & travelling, 1981-82, both illustrated in the catalogue
Tokyo & Kyoto, 1983, both illustrated in the catalogue
Melbourne & Sydney, 1984, illustrated in the catalogue
London, 1988, illustrated in the catalogue
Barcelona & Bern, 1992, both illustrated in the catalogue, recto illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Berlin, 1999
Geneva & New York, 2001-02, recto illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Glimcher & Glimcher (ed.), no. 10, illustrated in colour p. 26 (recto) & no. 5, illustrated p. 23 (verso)


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Maya Widmaier Picasso.

Executed on cream wove sketchbook paper, not laid down, and attached to the double-sided mount. The paper is perforated at the edges, which is original to the artist’s sketchbook; there is a centre seam with pinholes that have widened slightly, all associated with the original binding. The left side of the perforated edge has separated approximately three-quarters of the way down the sheet, and there is a very small perforation and tear at the top of the right edge. There is some slight discolouration, mostly at the edges, and a few tiny pin-dots of foxing towards the edges. Overall, this work is in good condition.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (Lots 250-252)

The following three lots were originally part of a rare and important sketchbook dating from 1905 in which Picasso executed numerous studies for his first major large-scale painting of the Rose period, Famille de Saltimbanques. The sketchbook remained in the artist's possession until his death whereupon it was inherited by his granddaughter Marina Picasso.

The below exhibition references are for lots 250-252. Specific page references are indicated in the cataloguing information for each lot.

EXHIBITIONS:

Venice, 1981
Venice, Centro di Cultura di Palazzo Grassi, Picasso, Opere dal 1895 al 1971 dalla Collezione Marina Picasso, 1981, no. 49 (titled Carnet 24)

Munich & travelling, 1981-82
Munich, Haus der Kunst; Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle; Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut & Zurich, Kunsthaus, Pablo Picasso, Sammlung Marina Picasso, 1981-82, no. 43 (titled Carnet 24)

Tokyo & Kyoto, 1983
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art & Kyoto, Municipal Museum, Picasso, Masterpieces from Marina Picasso Collection and from Museums in USA and USSR, 1983, no. 24 (titled Sketchbook 24)

Melbourne & Sydney, 1984
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria & Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Picasso, 1984, no. 169

London, 1988
London, The Lefevre Gallery (Alex, Reid & Lefevre), Picasso Works on Paper. Barcelona, Blue and Pink Periods from the Collection of Marina Picasso, 1988, no. 20 (incorrectly titled Carnet no. 35)

Barcelona & Bern, 1992
Barcelona, Museu Picasso & Bern, Kunstmuseum, Picasso 1906-1906, 1992, no. 50 (titled Album 24)

Berlin, 1999
Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 1999, no. 124 (incorrectly titled Carnet 35)

Geneva & New York, 2001-02
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie. & New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Pablo Picasso Métamorphoses. Œuvres de 1898 à 1973 de la Collection Marina Picasso, 2001-02

LITERATURE

Glimcher & Glimcher (ed.)
Arnold Glimcher & Marc Glimcher (ed.), Je suis le cahier: The Sketchbooks of Picasso, New York, 1986

John Richardson
John Richardson, A Life of Picasso, 1881-1906, New York, 1991, vol. I

'Pablo has brought back to the studio a young girl found I don't know where whom he is going to do as Joan of Arc. Bizarre-looking rather than beautiful with bright red hair and large, rather coarse but good features. She started posing two days ago. But last night I realized she must have been crawling with lice, as both of us have caught them.'
Fernande Olivier quoted in J. Richardson, A life of Picasso, 1881-1906, New York, 1991, vol. I, p. 342