Pablo Picasso

Estate of the Artist
Marina Picasso (acquired from the above)
Private Collection (acquired from the above; sale: Sotheby's, London, 8th February 2006, lot 134)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Venice, Centro di Cultura di Palazzo Grassi, Picasso, opere dal 1895 al 1971 dalla Collezione Marina Picasso, 1981, illustrated in the catalogue
Munich, Haus der Kunst & Zurich, Kunsthaus (& travelling), Pablo Picasso, Sammlung Marina Picasso, 1981-82, illustrated in the catalogue
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art & Kyoto, Municipal Museum, Picasso Masterpieces from Marina Picasso Collection and from the Museum in USA and USSR, 1983, nos. 14 & 23, illustrated in the catalogue
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria & Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Picasso, 1984, illustrated in the catalogue
London, The Lefevre Gallery, Picasso works on paper. Barcelona, Blue and Pink periods from the Collection of Marina Picasso, 1988, nos. 35:14 & 35:23, illustrated in the catalogue
Barcelona, Museu Picasso & Bern, Kunstmuseum, Picasso 1905-1906, From the Rose Period to the Ochres of Gósol, 1992, illustrated in the catalogue, recto illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Stattliche Museen zu berlin-Preussischer kulturbesitz, Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnung und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 1999, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie & Geneva, Jan Krugier Gallery, Pablo Picasso Metamorphoses. Œuvres de 1898 à 1973 de la Collection Marina Picasso, 2001-02

Arnold Glimcher & Marc Glimcher (ed.), Je suis le cahier, The Sketchbooks of Pablo Picasso, New York, 1986, no. 14, illustrated p. 29 (recto) & no. 23, illustrated p. 37 (verso)
John Richardson, A Life of Picasso, 1881-1906, New York, 1991, vol. I, illustrated p. 386 (recto)
The Picasso Project (ed.), Picasso’s Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture. The Rose Period, 1905-1906, San Francisco, 2012, nos. 1905-481 & 1905-488, illustrated p. 219

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at all four corners, with recto floating in the mount. Executed on a once-folded spread of a sketch book, with perforated lines down the spine of each half page, as shown in the printed catalogue. There are four small holes down the spine where the page was once attached to other sheets. There is a minor tear to the left part of the upper edge of the verso (approx. 2mm long) and the sheet is very slightly tine stained. This work is in overall good condition.
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