Lot 179
  • 179

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • NUS ET HOMME ASSIS AVEC UN CHAPEAU
  • dated 23.4.70. I (upper right)

  • pen and ink and pencil on paper
  • 31.8 by 49cm., 12 1/2 by 19 1/4 in.

Provenance

Maurice & Jacqueline Bresnu, Mougins (acquired directly from the artist)
Sale: Christie's, New York, 19th November 1998, lot 427

Exhibited

Milan, Palazzo Marina alla Scala, Picasso: La Collection Nascosta, 1996
Seoul, KED Museum, Picasso: The Hidden Collection, 1997
Vienna, Kunsthaus, Picasso: Die verborgene Sammlung, 1998

Literature

Gaston Diehl, Roger Passeron, Osvald Patani & Pierre Restany, Picasso, la collection secrète, Turin, 1996, illustrated n.p.
The Picasso Project, Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: The Final Years, 1970-1973, San Francisco, 2004, no. 70-094, illustrated p. 33

Condition

Executed on white wove paper not laid down, hinged to the mount in the top left and right corners. There is a raised Bresnu stamp in the bottom right corner and there are sketchbook binding holes running down the left edge. There are strips of tape supporting the top left, bottom left and top right corners. Apart from some spots of studio dirt, mainly to the right side of the work, this work is in very good condition. Colours: The paper tone is whiter in the original.
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