Lot 4
  • 4

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Étude pour L'Homme au mouton
  • Dated 19 juillet 42. (upper left)
  • Pen and ink on paper
  • 13 1/8 by 8 3/8 in.
  • 33.3 by 21.2 cm

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Miami, Center for the Fine Arts, Picasso at Work at Home, Selection from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1985-86, no. 87, illustrated in the catalogue
Yamanashi, Kiyoharu-Shirakaba Museum & traveling, Exposition Pablo Picasso, Collection Marina Picasso, 1986-87, no. D-42, illustrated in the catalogue
Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Picasso: Guerra y Paz, 2004, no. 131, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1942 et 1943, vol. XII, Paris, 1960, no. 94, illustrated p. 50

Condition

Executed on cream coloured laid paper. There is time staining to each of the four edges. There is some foxing to the lower left and the upper right quadrants, as visible in the catalogue illustration. There are several vertical marks to the paper, near the left and right edges, most likely caused by acidic backing. There is a light wave to the paper and some light fading commensurate with age. A small pinhole to the center of the upper edge. The medium is strong and fresh. The work is in good condition.
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