Lot 20
  • 20

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Portrait Fantastique
  • signed Picasso (upper left)
  • ink and crayon on paper
  • 21,1 x 15,5 cm ; 8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.

Provenance

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Galerie René Metras, Barcelona
Private collection, France

Exhibited

Frosinone, Fondazione Umberto Mastroianni, Picasso, arazzi, ceramiche e grafiche, 2003, illustrated in the catalogue n.p. & on the cover

Condition

Executed on graph paper, not laid down, attached to the mount along the upper and lower edges and floating in the mount. There are four pinholes along the left edge where the work has been removed from the book. The sheet is slightly time-stained and there are two spots of discolouration towards the upper edge, possibly studio dirt. Overall, this work is in very good condition.
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