Lot 137
  • 137

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • ADOLESCENT AU CASQUE ET À L'ÉPÉE
  • signed Picasso and dated Dimanche 3.8.69 II (upper left)
  • pencil on paper
  • 51 by 65.5cm., 20 by 25 3/4 in.

Exhibited

Oslo, Galleri Haaken, Picasso: Peintures - Sculptures - Dessins, 2004, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Œuvres de 1969, Paris, 1976, vol. XXXI, no. 349, illustrated pl. 105
The Picasso Project, Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture. The Sixties III, 1968-1969, San Francisco, 2003, no. 69-354, illustrated p. 218

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount at the top two corners, floating in the mount. All four edges are deckled. Apart from some very faint patches of discolouration, this work is in very good condition. Colours: The paper tone is warmer in the original.
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