Property from a Private French Collection | Provenant d'une collection particulière française
Lot sold:
81,900
EUR
Property from a Private French Collection
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Le Couple
signed Picasso and dated 15.11.54. (lower right)
ink on paper
26,9 x 20,9 cm; 10⅝ x 8¼ in.
Executed on November 15, 1954.
Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Provenant d'une collection particulière française
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Le Couple
signé Picasso et daté 15.11.54. (en bas à droite)
encre sur papier
26,9 x 20,9 cm; 10⅝ x 8¼ in.
Exécuté le 15 novembre 1954.
L'authenticité de cette œuvre a été confirmée par Claude Picasso.
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount in two points along the upper edge with tape. The sheet is slightly undulating, most predominately along the extreme edges. There is a small paper loss associated with paper skinning to the upper right corner and some minor spots of paper skinning to the upper left corner. There is a tiny crease to the extreme lower right corner. There are a few minor flattened creases in places and some media marks to the centre of the lower edge. The sheet is slightly light stained with a few scattered faint dots of foxing. This work is in overall very good condition.
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Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, July 9, 1980, lot 84
Private collection, France (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owner
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Vente: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 9 juillet 1980, lot 84
Collection particulière, France (acquis lors de cette vente)
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel
This work has been executed to illustrate the cover of L'amour au microscope by Pierre Berthorrel published by Segep in 1954.
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Cette œuvre a été exécutée pour illustrer la couverture du livre de Pierre Berthorrel, L'amour au microscope, publié aux editions Segep en 1954.