Pablo Picasso

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Perls Galleries, New York
Galleria Levi, Milan & Rome
Tournabuoni Arte, Florence
Acquired from the above circa 2011

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1926 à 1932, vol. VII, Paris, 1955, no. 421, illustrated pl. 184
The Picasso Project, ed., Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture. Toward Surrealism 1925-1929, San Francisco, 1996, no. 25-091, illustrated p. 29

This work has never been removed from its original stretcher. The paint layer seems to be unvarnished. It is clean and should be hung in its current condition. Under ultraviolet light, a few retouches can be seen around the extreme edges next to the wooden strip frame, particularly in the corners. There is a group of small retouches in the upper left in the white background and there are three or four other small retouches in the upper right quadrant, also in the white background to the right of the blue section. The work is in beautiful state. The above condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.
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