Lot 410
  • 410

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Découpages
  • With a Collection Marie-Therèse Walter label (lower right)
  • Wax crayon, watercolor and pencil on cut paper and card, all mounted on gray card
  • 23 3/8 by 18 3/4 in. (overall)
  • 59.6 by 47.6 cm

Provenance

Marie Therèse Walter (with her label)
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva
Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona
Private Collection (acquired from the above and sold: Christie's South Kensington, December 1, 2000, lot 55)

Condition

Work is composed of ten cream-colored and buff-colored pieces of cut wove paper and card affixed to a sheet of card. Colors are somewhat faded overall. Otherwise works are in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

These ten charming cut-outs of flowers and animals were made by Picasso for his daughter, Maya, to be used as toys in her child's theater.  The bouquet is inscribed Pour Maman et pour Maya.

Fig. 1: Picasso with his daughter, Maya, in 1937