Lot 40
  • 40

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Nu debout, les bras levés
  • Pen and ink on paper
  • 8 1/4 by 5 1/4 in.
  • 20.9 by 13.3 cm

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Picasso, Oeuvres cubistes de la collection Marina Picasso, 1986, no. 4
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Picasso the Draughtsman, 103 Works from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1993, no. 13

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Supplément aux années 1907-1909, vol. XXVI, Paris, 1974, no. 175, illustrated p. 54 (with incorrect dimensions)

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper which has not been laid down. There is some light time staining and deckling to the left edge. Minor media stains and some scattered spots of foxing. There is a minor vertical tear to the paper approx. 1/4 in. long to the upper left edge. The pigment is fresh and strong. The work is in overall very good condition.
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