Lot 93
  • 93

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Tête ronde
  • signed Picasso and dedicated pour jonquières son ami (towards upper left) and dated 16.9.60. (lower left) 
  • pastel on paper
  • 11 x 8 1/4 in.

Provenance

Henri Jonquières, Paris  
Private collection, France
Purchased from the above by the present owner

Condition

Executed on wove blue paper, hinged to the mount in two points along the upper edge. The left edge is deckled. The sheet is slightly discoloured along the margins. There are some minor flattened creases predominately along the left extreme edge and to the upper right corner. This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The present lot is drawn on the title page of David Douglas Duncan's Le petit monde de Picasso, Paris, 1959.