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Pablo Picasso
Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
- Pablo Picasso
- Tête de singe
- Signed Picasso (lower center)
- Pencil on paper
- 10 1/8 by 8 1/8 in.
- 25.7 by 20.6 cm
- Executed in 1951-52.
Provenance
Lyonel Préjer, Paris
Brook Street Gallery, London
Sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 6, 1981, lot 611
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Brook Street Gallery, London
Sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 6, 1981, lot 611
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Condition
The sheet has been mounted onto a larger sheet 15 5/8 by 12 5/8 in. This larger sheet is hinged in two places along the top edge. There is rippling throughout the larger sheet which results in rippling in the image of the Baboon. The original sheet has surface dirt and minor scattered brown pinpoint spots of discoloration. Framed behind PlexiGlas.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE 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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This drawing is a study for the sculpture Baboon and Young, 1952 (see Werner Spies, Scuplture by Picasso, 1971, no. 643, illustrated pp. 214-15).