Lot 510
  • 510

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Pipe
  • pencil and oil on a paper cut-out
  • 5.5 by 15cm., 2 1/4 by 5 3/4 in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Marina Picasso (the artist’s granddaughter; acquired from the above)

Exhibited

Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Picasso, œuvres Cubistes de la Collection Marina Picasso, 1986, no. 154
Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Il Cubismo, Rivoluzione e tradizione, 2004-05, no. 49, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature

Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso, Cubisme 1907-1917, Paris, 1990, no. 1156, illustrated p. 393

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, affixed to a support enabling the work to float freely in its mount. There are two artist's pinholes: to the centre of the pipe 'bowl' and towards the left lower edge. This work is in very good condition.
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