Pablo Picasso

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

Bern, Kunstmuseum, Der junge Picasso, Frühwerk und blaue Periode, 1984-85, no. 40, illustrated in the catalogue
Miami, Center for the Fine Arts, Picasso at Work at Home, Selections from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1985-86, no. 2, illustrated in the catalogue
Japan, L'Association des Musées d'Art Yomiuri Shimbun Sha, Exposition Pablo Picasso, Collection Marina Picasso, 1986-87, no. D-4, illustrated in the catalogue
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Picasso the Draughtsman, 103 Works from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1993, no. 1
Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Picasso, Landscapes 1890-1912, 1994-95, no. 118, illustrated in the catalogue

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1954, vol. VI: supplément aux volumes 1 à 5, nos. 66 & 88, illustrated pp. 9 & 11
Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso, Vivo 1881-1907, Infancia y primera juventud de un demiurgo, Barcelona, 1980, no. 264, illustration of the recto p. 149
The Picasso Project (ed.), Picasso’s Paintings Watercolors Drawings & Sculpture, Youth in Spain II, 1897-1900, San Francisco, 2008, nos. 1898-192 & 1898-226, illustrated pp. 103 & 112

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is affixed to the mount at various points along the verso. The sheet has been extracted from a note book and there is a window in the mount which allows the draing on the verso to be visible. The right edge has been irregularly cut and is deckled with associated handling creases and tiny tears. Remnants of old framer's tape visible in the lower and upper right corners of the recto. The sheet is time-stained and there are scattered studio stains and handling marks throughout. There are minor flattened creases along the upper edge. There is a possible repaired tear to the lower right corner. This work was examined in its frame and is in overall good condition.
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