Lot 8
  • 8

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 EUR
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Portrait de Dora Maar
  • daté 20 Octobre XXXVI (au dos)
  • stylo et encre de Chine sur papier
  • 26,4 x 21,1 cm ; 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.

Provenance

Vente : Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Les Picassos de Dora Maar, 28 octobre 1998, lot 115
Galerie Cazeau de la Béraudière, Paris
Collection particulière, Paris

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Œuvre de 1932 à 1937, vol. VIII, Paris, 1957, no. 293, reproduit p. 138
Mary Ann Cawds, Les Vies de Dora Maar, Bataille, Picasso et les surréalistes, Paris, 2000, reproduit p. 84

Condition

Executed on blue wove paper, hinged to the overmount in two places. There are the remnants of some old tape on the reverse. There is a crease at the upper right and a few further faint creases consistent to age and handling. This work is in good original condition.
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Catalogue Note

dated '20 Octobre XXXVI' (on the reverse); pen and Indian ink on paper. Executed on October 20th, 1936.