Lot 330
  • 330

PABLO PICASSO | Mandoline

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Mandoline
  • Brush and ink on paper
  • 18 7/8 by 24 3/4 in.
  • 47.9 by 62.9 cm
  • Executed in Cadaquès in Summer 1910.

Provenance

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

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Supplément aux années 1910 à 1913, vol. XXVIII, Paris, 1974, no. 7, illustrated pl. 4
Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso Cubism 1907-1917, New York, 1990, no. 509, illustrated p. 182

Condition

The work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper. The sheet is T-hinged in three places along the top edge of its verso. On the verso there are remnants of adhesive from a prior mounting along the right edge. There is a half-inch long crease in the upper right corner. There is some studio dirt along the edges.
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