PABLO PICASSO | Acrobates

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

Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Picasso 1905-1906, De la época rosa a los ocres de Gósol, 1992, no. 62
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Picasso et le cirque, 2007, no. 68

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Supplément aux années 1903 à 1906, vol. XXII, Paris, 1970, no. 240, illustrated pl. 87

This work is in very good condition. Executed on buff-colored wove paper. The left, right and bottom edges are unevenly cut and the top edge is lightly perforated, as if torn from a notebook. Inscribed Suelo toward lower right.The sheet is hinged at three places along the right edge of its verso. There are minor handling creases extending across the top left and bottom right corners. There is a 1/2 inch circular stain to the center right of the sheet. Otherwise, fine.
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