Lot 167
  • 167

PABLO PICASSO | Souvenir de Rome

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Souvenir de Rome
  • Signed Picasso (toward lower right); dated Paris le 1er juillet 1922 (upper right); dedicated mon cher ami Souvenir 1917 à Rome (center)
  • Pen and ink on paper
  • 13 1/4 by 9 3/4 in.
  • 33.7 by 24.8 cm
  • Executed on July 1, 1922.

Provenance

E. & A. Silberman Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above on April 9, 1964

Condition

Executed on the reverse of a printed menu from Au Caneton. The sheet is mounted in a double-sided frame. The sheet is time-stained and the medium is somewhat faded. There is scattered foxing throughout. There are six flattened creases running horizontally across the sheet. There is a one-inch repaired tear to the upper left edge. On the verso, there are two Republique Française stamps, a postal mark, and a faint pink inscription. The work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.