Lot 575
  • 575

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Visage
  • stamped with the foundry mark Cire Perdue Paris E. Robecchi
  • bronze
  • 28.3 by 25.3 by 8.5cm., 11 1/8 by 9 7/8 by 3 1/3 in.

Provenance

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

Exhibited

New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Masters of Modern Sculpture, 1989, no. 20

Literature

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Les Sculptures de Picasso (avec des photographies de Brassaï), Paris, 1949, no. 94
The Sculpture of Picasso (exhibition catalogue), The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1967, illustrated p. 86
Werner Spies, Picasso, Das Plastische Werk, Berlin & Düsseldorf, 1983-84, no. 143-II, illustrated p. 336
Werner Spies, Picasso Sculpteur, catalogue raisonné des sculptures établi en collaboration avec Christine Piot, Ostfildern & Stuttgart, 2000, no. 143-II, illustrated p. 356

Condition

The bronze is sound with an attractive dark brown patina. There is some wear to the most protruding areas and a build-up of dust in the deepest crevices. There is some very minor wear to the patina along the edges including two very small nicks towards the centre of the right edge. There are some remnants of plaster from the casting process visible on the reverse. This work is in overall very good condition.
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