Pablo Picasso

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

Miami, Center for the Fine Arts, Picasso at Work at Home, Selections from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1986, no. 25, illustrated in the catalogue
Yamanashi, Kiyoharu-Shirakaba Museum & traveling, Exposition Pablo Picasso, Collection Marina Picasso, 1986-87, no. D-27, illustrated in the catalogue
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Picasso the Draughtsman, 103 Works from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1993, no. 35

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Supplément aux volumes 1 à 5, vol. VI, Paris, 1954, no. 1283, illustrated p. 153
Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso, Cubisme 1907-1917, Paris, 1990, no. 1408, recto illustrated p. 462

The work is in good condition. Executed on cream colored laid paper. All four edges are deckled. There is a crease to the lower right corner, running form the center of the lower edge approximately 2 inches from the bottom of the right edge. Along the right edge, there is some handling creasing to the paper. There is a waving to the entire right edge. There are some minor spots of foxing. The lower right corner has some surface studio dirt. There is a very small loss to the upper right corner.
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