Lot 322
  • 322

PABLO PICASSO | Divers, nus grotesques

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Divers, nus grotesques
  • brush and pen and ink on paper
  • 32.2 by 25.4cm., 12 5/8 by 10in.
  • Executed in 1905.

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Picasso de la caricatura a las metamorfosis de estilo, 2003, no. 71

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Œuvres de 1903 à 1906, Paris, 1973, vol. XXII, no. 300, illustrated p. 110

Condition

Executed on buff-coloured wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is adhered to a mount at all four corners of its verso. The edges are uneven. The sheet is time-stained. There are five burns to the sheet (the largest of which measures 1cm in diameter), inherent to the artist's studio practice. There is one horizontal crease across the centre of the sheet and a vertical crease through the top half of the composition. There are a few minor nicks to the extreme edges. This work is in overall good condition.
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