Lot 308
  • 308

PABLO PICASSO | Personnages et oiseaux

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Personnages et oiseaux
  • Dated antibes 5 novembre 46 VII (on the verso)
  • Pencil on paper
  • 19 7/8 by 25 3/4 in.
  • 50.5 by 65.4 cm
  • Executed in Antibes on November 5, 1946.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Marina Picasso (the artist’s granddaughter; acquired from the above)

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1944 à 1946, vol. XIV, Paris, 1963, no. 276, illustrated pl. 131

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper. The sheet has been hinged at the upper left and upper right corners of its verso. All four edges are deckled. There are minor scattered stains throughout the sheet, in addition to some pindot areas of studio transference.
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