PABLO PICASSO | Masque, 1961 in Cannes

Estate of the artist
Collection Yves Saint Laurent – Pierre Bergé, rue de Babylone, Paris

Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Picasso, de la caricatura a las metamorfosis de estilo, 2003, no. 303, illustrated in the catalogue p. 247

Werner Spies, Picasso sculpteur, Stuttgart, 2000, no. 585.2b, illustrated p. 386
Jérôme Neutres (dir.), Jacques Doucet - Yves Saint Laurent, vivre pour l'art, Paris, 2015, illustrated p. 108

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