PABLO PICASSO | Picador attaqué

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 09404, ph. no. 60788)
Schoneman Galleries, New York
Private collection, Paris

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Œuvres de 1959 à 1961, Paris, 1968, vol. 19, no. 281, illustrated p. 88

The cardboard is stable, undulating gently and hinged to the overmount along the upper edge with tape. The upper right corner is scuffed. There are a few creases in places, most predominately along the extreme edges and at all four corners. There is a small area of slight discoloration below the equestrian figure's back (as visible in the catalogue illustration). The cardboard is light stained with associated dots of foxing. This work is in overall good condition.
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“Like a bullfighter aiming his banderillas, Picasso goes straight to the core. Immediately. Again, reference can be made to a challenge to light, which, tangled up in the contours, lets itself be caught in the myriad traps of the Form. Picasso, facing the bull, does not allow himself the slightest hesitation […]. This assuredness makes his every stroke an inimitable signature.”
Jean-Clarence Lambert