Pablo Picasso

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

Cannes, Centre d'art La Malmaison, Picasso, Le Nu en liberté, Collection Marina Picasso, 2013, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1926 à 1932, vol. VII, Paris, 1955, no. 400, illustrated p. 177

This work is in good condition. Executed on cream wove paper laid down on card. The medium is fresh and strong. There is some time fading to the paper commensurate with age. There is time staining to the figure's right knee as visible in the catalogue illustration. There are further two instances of time staining to the extreme right edge, not visible when the work is in its mat. There is a semi-circular abrasion to the sheet halfway up the right edge measuring 1 inch in length. There are some extremely light surface abrasions throughout the sheet, most likely associated with the artist working on a sheet atop this sheet. Light creasing to the upper left and lower right corners.
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