Lot 86
  • 86

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Tête de guerrier pacifiste
  • Dated 5.10.51.VII (lower left)
  • Brush and ink on paper
  • 26 by 20 in.
  • 66 by 50.8 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. 34, illustrated in the catalogue 
Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Picasso: Guerra y Paz, 2004, no. 225, illustrated in the catalogue
Liverpool, Tate Liverpool; Vienna, Albertina & Humblebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Picasso, Peace and Freedom, 2010-11, no. 93, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

This work is in good condition. Executed on cream wove paper. The upper and lower edges are deckled. There is some minor time staining along the entire left edge of the paper. There are some scattered spots of foxing throughout the page, as visible in the catalogue illustration. There is some uniform time fading to the paper as commensurate with age.
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