PABLO PICASSO | FEMME ENDORMIE

Auction Closed

July 28, 08:20 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000,000 - 9,000,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

THE EUROPEAN AVANT-GARDE: A PRIVATE FAMILY COLLECTION

PABLO PICASSO

1881 - 1973

FEMME ENDORMIE

dated 4 Fevrier M.CM.XXXI. on the stretcher

charcoal on primed canvas

46 by 61cm., 18⅛ by 24in.

Executed on 4th February 1931.

Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Estate of the artist

Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, Paris (by descent from the above)

Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above in 1985)

Acquired from the above in 1986

D. D. Duncan, Picasso’s Picassos. The Treasures of La Californie, London, 1961, illustrated p. 214