Lot 329
  • 329

PABLO PICASSO | Trois pommes sur un plateau & Composition abstraite (A Double-Sided Work)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Trois pommes sur un plateau & Composition abstraite (A Double-Sided Work)
  • Signed Picasso (on the verso)
  • Ink wash and pencil on paper 
  • 9 1/8 by 12 1/2 in.
  • 23.2 by 31.8 cm
  • Executed in 1909.

Provenance

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

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Supplément aux volumes 1 à 5, vol. VI, Paris, 1954, no. 1096. illustrated pl. 132
Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso Cubism 1907-1917, New York, 1990, no. 453, illustrated p. 160

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Executed on cream laid paper. The sheet is hinged at the upper left and upper right corners of its verso to a window mat so both sides are visible. All four edges are deckled. There is a slight undulation to the sheet. Some scattered studio transference. A few minor handling creases to the edges.
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