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Property from a Private Collection, Canada

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme (Dora Maar)

Auction Closed

May 16, 09:00 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, Canada 

Pablo Picasso 

1881 - 1973 


Tête de femme (Dora Maar) 

signed Picasso (lower right); dated 23 Août 41 (lower left) 

pencil on paper 

10 ½ by 8 ⅛ in. 

26.7 by 20.6 cm. 

Executed on 23 August 1941. 


The Comité Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Louise Dorothée Dyte (Madame Pierre Chareau), Paris 

Knoedler Gallery, London 

Harvey S. Lubitz, New York 

Jerrold Morris Gallery, Toronto (acquired from the above in July 1980) 

Acquired from the above by the present owner