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Pablo Picasso
Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 EUR
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Description
- Pablo Picasso
- Femme nue debout les bras sur la tête (recto)Études de nus (verso)
- dated 9 juin 46 (lower right of recto and right of verso)
- huile à l'essence and pencil on paper (recto)
pencil on paper (verso) - 65.6 x 50.4 cm ; 25 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Exhibited
Cannes, Centre d'Art La Malmaison, Picasso, Le Nu en liberté, Collection Marina Picasso, 2013, n.n.
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, floating in the mount, affixed to the mount at intermittent points along the extreme edges. The impression left by the artist's pencil on the verso is visible on the recto. The edges are deckled with associated minor scuffs and nicks. There are some flattened creases notably to the upper part of the right edge. There is a small area of paper skinning to the lower part of the right edge, possibly original. There is some light time staining to the extreme edges. There are scattered black media marks (inherent to the artist's process) notably towards the lower edge of the verso and some scattered light spots of foxing. This work is in overall very good condition.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
" The Femme-fleur […] inaugurates a new period in Picasso’s work. This title was given by a young woman, Françoise Gilot, herself a painter, who was to share his life until 1953. A language specifically dedicated to Françoise, all curves and circles, reproduces for us the fullness of forms and highlights her characteristic features: slim waist, round breasts and in particular a serious and intense gaze […]. Her physiognomy served in some ways as a sort of springboard for virtuoso variations which, examined in their progression, take on a range of values in the articulation and disarticulation of the body pushed to the ultimate point of distortion.”
Brigitte Léal, Picasso, une nouvelle dation (exhibition catalogue), Paris, 1990, p. 168