Modern Discoveries including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso

Modern Discoveries including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso

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Picasso First Hand: Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Petite tête de mort (profil d'homme)

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Lot Closed

April 19, 01:45 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Pablo Picasso

1882 - 1973

Petite tête de mort (profil d'homme)

bronze

Length: 4.9cm., 2in.

Conceived and cast in bronze in an unnumbered edition of 4 in Paris in 1943.


Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Estate of the artist

Marina Picasso (the artist’s granddaughter; acquired from the above)

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Les Sculptures de Picasso, Paris, 1949, no. 157, another cast listed

Werner Spies, Picasso, Das Plastische Werk, Berlin-Düsseldorf, 1983-84, no. 212 II, another cast illustrated p. 341

Werner Spies & Christine Piot, Picasso Sculpteur, catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Ostfildern & Stuttgart, 2000, no. 212. II, another cast illustrated p. 361