Lot 38
  • 38

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Étude de corps feminin
  • Charcoal on paper
  • 12 3/4 by 21.5 in.
  • 32.3 by 22 cm

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Cannes, Centre d'art La Malmaison, Picasso, Le Nu en liberté, Collection Marina Picasso, 2013, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art & Dallas, Nasher Sculpture Center, Picasso: The Cubist Portraits of Fernande Olivier, 2003-04, no. 46, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Literature

Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso, Cubisme 1907-1914, Paris, 1990, no. 423, illustrated p. 148

Condition

Executed on ivory coloured laid paper which has not been laid down. There is a loss to the paper in the upper left corner of the sheet, approximately 1 in. in length. There is some minor scattered foxing to the sheet and a more significant fox mark to the upper right quadrant in the background (as seen in the catalogue illustration). The pigment is very fresh and strong. The work is in very good condition.
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