Lot 303
  • 303

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Femme allaitant son enfant
  • dated 12 f. 44 (lower right)
  • pen and ink on paper
  • 30.7 by 41cm., 12 by 15 3/4 in.

Provenance

Marie-Thérèse Walter Collection
Private Collection, Lausanne
Acquired from the above by the late owner

Exhibited

Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Une collection Picasso. Œuvres de 1937 à 1946: huiles, gouaches, dessins, collages et découpages, 1973, no. 107

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and affixed to the mount at all four corners and the centre of the upper edge. The upper edge is perforated as the sheet has been removed from a sketchbook. All four extreme edges are slightly stained due to previous mounting. There is one spot of foxing towards the upper right corner. Overall this work is in very good condition.
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