Pablo Picasso
Femme, fleurs et oiseaux (recto); Trois têtes d'hommes (verso)
signed Picasso, dated and numbered 5.6.67 I (on the recto); also signed Picasso, dated and numbered 5.6.67 IV (on the verso)
black wash, pen and ink on paper
19½ by 23⅞ in.
49.5 by 60.6 cm.
Executed on 5 June 1967.
Price upon request
signed Picasso, dated and numbered 5.6.67 I (on the recto); also signed Picasso, dated and numbered 5.6.67 IV (on the verso)
19½ by 23⅞ in.
49.5 by 60.6 cm.
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Christie's New York, 6 November 1991, lot 182
Sotheby's New York, 11 November 1999, lot 393
Russeck Gallery, Palm Beach (by 2012)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibition
Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris, Picasso, Dessins 1966-1967, 1968, no. 21
Caracas, Maison Bernard, Picasso in Caracas, 1979, illustrated
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, 1983-89 (on extended loan)
Literature
Charles Feld, Les dessins du 27.3.66 au 15.3.68, Paris, 1969, no. 168 (verso) & no. 170 (recto), both illustrated n.p.
Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso: Oeuvres de 1967 et 1968, vol. XXVII, Paris, 1973, nos. 13 & 14, both illustrated pl. 5