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Pablo Picasso
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 EUR
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Description
- Pablo Picasso
- Danseuse et picador
- signed Picasso, dated 6.6.60 and numbered IV (upper right)
- ink and wash on paper
- 51 by 65.5 cm ; 20 1/8 by 25 3/4 in.
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above in 1960)
By descent to the present owner
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above in 1960)
By descent to the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris, Picasso. Dessins 1959-1960, 1960, no. 56
Literature
Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1968, vol. XIX : œuvres de 1959 à 1961, no. 320, illustrated p. 99
Condition
Executed on white wove paper, not laid down, fixed to the mount along the upper edge. The right and lower edges are uneven. There is a slight waviness to the sheet and light discoloration. This work is in very good original condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
“When, from 5th June 1960, the loves of the picador rather than his conflicts become the central theme of this series, of which each item is a little world in itself, the epic gives way to the picaresque novel. Brothels, street corners and rural settings take the place of the anonymous space of the arenas and become the scene of the action.
Thus, rather than the bullfight, an orgy of hairy armpits, nipples, mantillas, skirts, sweat and odours are unleashed for us as for the man in the castoreño, the regular figure sometimes visible, sometimes hidden in the saturnales played by guitars, castanettes, stamps and hand claps. Thus we still see the bewildered picador, measuring up a beauty (as he would a bull), flanked by a sordid chaperone unless, tacitly, he suffers a silent reproach equal to Sancho Pança’s ventures or the fugues of a child prodigy.”
Thus, rather than the bullfight, an orgy of hairy armpits, nipples, mantillas, skirts, sweat and odours are unleashed for us as for the man in the castoreño, the regular figure sometimes visible, sometimes hidden in the saturnales played by guitars, castanettes, stamps and hand claps. Thus we still see the bewildered picador, measuring up a beauty (as he would a bull), flanked by a sordid chaperone unless, tacitly, he suffers a silent reproach equal to Sancho Pança’s ventures or the fugues of a child prodigy.”
Michel Leiris, "Romancero du Picador", in Picasso. Dessins 1959-1960 (exhibition catalogue), 1960