PABLO PICASSO | Couple de danseurs

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

Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Picasso de la caricatura a las metamorfosis de estilo, 2003, no. 108, illustrated in the catalogue
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Picasso und das Theater, 2006-07, no. 99, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1917 à 1919, vol. III, Paris, 1949, no. 341, illustrated pl. 114
Douglas Cooper, Picasso, Theater, New York, 1987, illustrated p. 151
Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso, Des Ballets au drame (1917-1926), Barcelona, 1999, no. 389, illustrated p. 133

Executed on cream laid paper. The sheet is affixed to the mount at intermittent points along the perimeter of the verso. The sheet is lightly time-stained and gently undulating, due to the mounting method. The edges are deckled with minor handling marks and creases, notably in the upper right corner. A few further small nicks along the left edge and a sinuous hairline repaired tear running from the upper left edge. This work is in overall good condition.
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