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A New Vista: The David and Shoshanna Wingate Collection

Pablo Picasso

Figure féminine

Auction Closed

May 20, 02:46 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A New Vista: The David and Shoshanna Wingate Collection

Pablo Picasso

1881 - 1973


Figure féminine

white fired clay

height: 3 ¾ in. 9.5 cm.

Executed in 1951; this work is unique.


Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Estate of the artist

Marina Picasso, France (acquired by descent from the above)

Sotheby’s, London, 5 February 2016, lot 570 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Cannes, Centre d'art La Malmaison, Picasso, le nu en liberté, Collection Marina Picasso, 2013, n.p., illustrated in color

Werner Spies, Sculpture by Picasso, New York, 1971, no. 431, p. 288, illustration of the bronze version; p. 309

Werner Spies, Picasso, Das plastische Werk, Berlin and Düsseldorf, 1983, no. 431-I, p. 354, illustration of the bronze version; p. 392

Werner Spies, Picasso, The Sculptures, Paris, 2000, no. 431-I, p. 375, illustration of the bronze version; p. 413