Lot 239
  • 239

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
10,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • TÊTE BARBUE
  • signed Picasso and dated 7.7.67 (upper centre)
  • black felt-tip pen on paper
  • 31.3 by 24.5cm., 12 3/8 by 9 5/8 in.

Provenance

Inès & Gérard Sassier, Paris (acquired from the artist)

Condition

Executed on the front cover of a cream wove paper booklet, not laid down, attached to the overmount at all four corners. Apart from a couple of areas of surface dirt along the top edge, and some light creasing down the left edge caused by the binding, this work is in very good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate although the paper tone is warmer in the original.
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