Lot 49
  • 49

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Tête de femme de profil
  • Pen and ink on paper
  • 10 1/4 by 13 3/4 in.
  • 26 by 34.9 cm

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Munich, Haus der Kunst; Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle; Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut & Zurich, Kunsthaus, Pablo Picasso, Eine Ausstellung zum hundertsten Geburtstag, Werke aus der Sammlung Marina Picasso, 1981-82, 
New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Pablo Picasso: Cubist Works from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1987, no. 8736

Literature

Arnold Glimcher & Mark Glimcher, eds., "Je suis le cahier: The Sketchbooks of Picasso" in The Atlantic Monthly Press, New York & Boston, 1985, illustrated p. 81

Condition

The work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper. There is some light mat staining along the four edges, approximately 4 inches in width. The medium is fresh and strong.
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