- 133
PABLO PICASSO | Le Poussin (Baer 214)
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
- Pablo Picasso
- Le Poussin (Baer 214)
- woodcut printed by hand in dark blue and bright blue gouache
- sheet: 13.5 by 11cm., 5 3/8 by 4 3/8 in.
- Executed in 1907, the present work is one of eight known impressions proposed for Apollinaire's Le Bestiaire, framed.
on laid paper
Provenance
Leo and Gertrude Stein, Paris
Gertrude Stein Estate c/o Alice B. Toklas, Paris, 1946-1967
Acquired from the above on December 14, 1968 by Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney
Sotheby's, New York, 19th and 20th Century Prints, 29 April 1999, lot 409
Gertrude Stein Estate c/o Alice B. Toklas, Paris, 1946-1967
Acquired from the above on December 14, 1968 by Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney
Sotheby's, New York, 19th and 20th Century Prints, 29 April 1999, lot 409
Exhibited
New York Museum of Modern Art; Baltimore Museum of Art; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada (as Gertrude Stein and Picasso and Juan Gris) San Francisco Museum of Art, Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and her Family, 1970-71
Literature
This impression is cited in Bernhard Geiser/Brigitte Baer, Picasso Peintre-Graveur, Tome I (Berne: Editions Kornfeld, 1990), p. 354, 214 Edward Burns, ed. Gertrude Stein on Picasso (New York: Liveright, 1970), p. 20, 124
Condition
With margins, in good condition, with uneven paper discoloration, slight foxing, surface soiling and areas of thinning towards the sheet edges, framed.
The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot provided by Sotheby's. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colours and shades which are different to the lot's actual colour and shades. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation because Sotheby's is not a professional conservator or restorer but rather the condition report is a statement of opinion genuinely held by Sotheby's. For that reason, Sotheby's condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot.
The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot provided by Sotheby's. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colours and shades which are different to the lot's actual colour and shades. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation because Sotheby's is not a professional conservator or restorer but rather the condition report is a statement of opinion genuinely held by Sotheby's. For that reason, Sotheby's condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot.