PABLO PICASSO | Fleur

Dora Maar, Paris
Sale: Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Derniers souvenirs et oeuvres de Dora Maar, 26 May 1999, lot 5
Natalie Seroussi, Paris (acquired in this sale)

Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz & Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle, Picasso: Das plastische Werk, 1983-84, no. 200, p. 381 (catalogue by Werner Spies), illustrated p. 341
Barcelona, Museu Picasso, La Cocina de Picasso, 2018

Brassaï & Daniel-Henri Kahnweiler, Les Sculptures de Picasso, Paris, 1949, illustrated no. 118
Werner Spies, Les Sculptures de Picasso, Stuttgart, 1971, no. 200, illustrated

Assemblage consisting of a piece of bread, cardboard and three sheets of paper. All elements are affixed to a panel with wire, a round piece of felt and thin nails. Piece of bread: Good stable condition. Cardboard stick: There is some superficial dust. There are a few nicks and small creases consistent with the artist process. There is a small dot of discolouration to the upper part of the stick, possibly original. The cardboard appears to have light stained. Sheets of thin cream wove paper: Edges are deckled with small tears and nicks, possibly original. There is a dot of foxing to the middle sheet of paper. There are creases to the surface of all sheets of paper. The sheets are light stained. Wire: Slightly rusty in places. Plexiglass: There are a few superficial scratches and handling marks in places. The plexiglass is a bit dusty. Panel: There are some scattered superficial scratches in places, possibly original. This work is in overall good condition.
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Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.