Lot 608
  • 608

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Flûtiste assise et dormeuse
  • pen and ink on paper
  • 16.9 by 22.8cm., 6 5/8 by 9in.

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Ulm, Ulmer Museum, Pablo Picasso in der Verwandlung, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik aus der Sammlung Marina Picasso, 1994, no. 3, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

Executed on coated tracing paper, laid down on Japan paper. The sheet is taped to the mount along the upper edge of the Japan paper. There are some stable hairline cuts and flattened creases running both vertically and diagonally from the upper and lower edges which appear to be original. There is one tiny hole towards the upper right corner and a repaired oval-shaped tear towards the lower right corner. This work is in overall good condition.
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