Lot 227
  • 227

PABLO PICASSO

Estimate
120,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • FEMME SE COIFFANT
  • signed Picasso and dated 19.8.52.IV (upper right)
  • brush and ink on paper
  • 50.5 by 66cm., 19 7/8 by 26in.

Provenance

Acquired in Paris circa 1959 by the family of the present owner

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Œuvres de 1946 à 1953, Paris, 1965, vol. XV, no. 220, illustrated pl. 127
The Picasso Project, Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, The Fifties I, 1950-1955, San Francisco, 2000, no. 52-041, illustrated p. 87

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down. The sheet has been glued along the edges to a plywood mount. There is some foxing near the upper edge, especially towards the upper left corner, and 2 spots of foxing behind the figure's head. There is a 1cm. sq. mark on the sheet just left of the figure's forehead. Other than some light time-staining, this work is in good condition.
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