Lot 140
  • 140

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • PERSONNAGES
  • signed Picasso and dated el 18.6.70 III and 19.7.70 (upper right)
  • pen and brush and ink with ink wash on paper
  • 31.6 by 49cm., 12 1/2 by 19¼in.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris, Picasso. Dessins en noir et en couleur, 15 décembre 1969 - 12 janvier 1971, 1971, no. 65, illustrated in the catalogue
Oslo, Galleri Haaken, Picasso: Peintures - Sculptures - Dessins, 2004, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Œuvres de 1970, Paris, 1977, vol. XXXII, no. 225, illustrated pl. 74
The Picasso Project, Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture. The Final Years 1970-1973, San Francisco, 2004, no. 70-256, illustrated p. 74

Condition

Executed on white wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at three points along the top edge and floating in the mount. The left edge is perforated. Apart from some light undulations to the sheet, intrinsic to the artist's process, this work is in good original condition. Colours: All fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration, although the medium is slightly more varied and the colours crisper in the original.
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