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Estate of the Artist
Marina Picasso (the artist's granddaughter, by descent from the above; sale: Sotheby's, New York, 18th May 2018, lot 93)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner 

Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Picasso the Draughtsman, 103 Works from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1993, no. 24

Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso, Cubisme 1907-1914, Paris, 1990, no. 1170, illustrated p. 397

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge and in one place along the centre of the lower edge, floating in its mount. The right, left and lower edges are deckled. The sheet is gently undulating. There is a minor horizontal stain to the background at the centre of the left edge, measuring approx. 5cm. This work is in good condition.
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Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.