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Pablo Picasso

Musicien

Auction Closed

May 18, 09:51 PM GMT

Estimate

800,000 - 1,200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Pablo Picasso

1881 - 1973

Musicien


numbered 2/2; stamped with the foundry mark E. Godard Cire Perdue

bronze

height: 17⅝ in.

44.7 cm.

Conceived in Cannes in 1961; this example executed in bronze as number 2 from an edition of 2.


Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in 2012 by the present owner
Werner Spies, Sculpture by Picasso with a Catalogue of the Works, New York, 1971, no. 623, p. 244, illustration of another cast
Werner Spies and Christine Piot, Picasso. Das plastische Werk, Stuttgart, 1983, no. 623, p. 369, illustration of another cast