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Lot 334
  • 334

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Couple endormie
  • Signed Picasso (lower left)
  • Pen and ink on paper
  • 8 7/8 by 12 1/2 in.
  • 22.5 by 32 cm

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris
Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Elliott Cohn, New York
Rick Librizzi, New York
Acquired from the above in 1980

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Supplement aux annĂ©es 1903-1906, vol. XXII, Paris, 1970, no. 4, illustrated pl. 2
The Picasso Project, ed., Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, The Blue Period - 1902-1904, San Francisco, 2011, no. 1902-154, illustrated p. 51

Condition

Executed on rough coloured wove paper laid down on card. There is a horizontal crease crossing the sheet approximately 1 inch below the op edge. There are 2 quarter-inch tares, one centre of the top edge and one on top edge near upper left corner. The sheet is light struck overall. There are some scattered studio stains thought the sheet. There are a few other minor stains and creases towards the perimeter of the sheet. Otherwise this work is in generally good condition.
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