Pablo Picasso

Estate of the artist

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

Sotheby's, London, 5 February 2016, lot 613 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Barcelona, Museu Picasso and Kunstmuseum Bern, Picasso 1905-1906, 1992, no. 82, p. 232, illustrated (titled The Strolling Players and with incorrect Zervos reference and medium)

Munich, Haus der Kunst, Pierrot Melancholie und Maske, 1995, no. 60 (titled Les Comédiens (Die Komödianten))

Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Picasso 1917-1924, Il viaggio in Italia, 1998, no. 4, p. 125, illustrated in color (titled Personnages de comédie Étude pour “Les noces de Pierrette”)

Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Picasso i el Circ, 2006-07, no. 5, p. 40, illustrated in color (titled Els comediants. Estudi per a ‘Les noces de Pierrette’)

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Supplement aux années 1903 à 1906, vol. XXII, Paris, 1970, no. 143, pl. 48, illustrated

Brigitte Leal, Carnets, Catalogue des dessins, vol. I, Paris, 1996, p. 77, fig. 13, illustrated (titled Étude pour Les Noces de Pierrette) 

Exh. Cat., Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art and Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Picasso, The Early Years 1892-1906, 1997-98, p. 219, fig. 7, illustrated