Lot 13
  • 13

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Poisson
  • Watercolor and pencil on paper
  • 5 1/8 by 5 7/8 in.
  • 13 by 14.7 cm

Provenance

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

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Supplément aux années 1914-1919, vol. XXIX, Paris, 1975, no. 47, illustrated p. 18
Pierre Daix & Jean Rosselet, Le Cubisme de Picasso, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint 1907-1916, Neuchâtel, 1979, no. 798, illustrated p. 339
Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso, Cubisme 1907-1914, Paris, 1990, no. 1179, illustrated p. 398

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, unevenly cut along the left, the right and the lower edge. The sheet is not laid down and is deckled along the top edge. There is minor surface dirt and a small spot of what appears to be foxing to the upper right background (and visible in the photograph). There a very minor traces of glue to the lower left corner. The pigments are bright and fresh, this work is in very good original condition.
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