Lot 130
  • 130

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Dora sur la plage (Portrait de femme)
  • stamped with the Dora Maar Estate mark (lower right)
  • pencil on paper
  • 40.5 by 31.5cm 16 by 12 1/2 in.

Provenance

Dora Maar (gift from the artist; sale: Piasa, Paris, 27th October 1998, lot 11)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount in two places along the upper and lower edges and floating in the mount. The left edge is perforated. There are a few minor spots of foxing and some very light creases in places. Otherwise this work is in overall very good condition.
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