PABLO PICASSO | Deux personnages debout

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

Geneva, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Picasso L'Africain, 1998, no. 41
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie & New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Pablo Picasso, Metamorphoses, Works from 1898 to 1973 from the Marina Picasso Collection, 2001-02, no. 92, illustrated in the catalogue
Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Picasso de la caricatura a las metamorfosis de estilo, 2003, no. 262, illustrated in the catalogue
Cannes, Centre d'art La Malmaison, Picasso, le nu en liberté, Collection Marina Picasso, 2013, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at intermittent points along the edges, and floating in the over-mount. The sheet is slightly time-stained with a few faint scattered spots of foxing. There is some minor creasing to the sheet particularly in the corners. This work is in overall good condition.
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Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.