Lot 59
  • 59

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Nu couché, de dos
  • Dated 14-6-20- (upper right)
  • Charcoal on paper
  • 8 3/8 by 10 3/4 in.
  • 21.2 by 27.3 cm

Provenance

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

Exhibited

London, Fischer Fine Art, Ltd., Pablo Picasso, Drawings from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1984, no. 17, illustrated in the catalogue 
Cannes, Centre d'art La Malmaison, Picasso, Le Nu en liberté, Collection Marina Picasso, 2013, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

Executed on cream coloured laid paper. The top and right edges are cut and the left and lower edges are deckled. There is light uniform time fading to the paper. There are scattered spots of foxing to the entire sheet, as seen in the catalogue illustration. Minor studio surface dirt to the background. The pigment is fresh and strong. The work is in very good condition.
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