Lot 199
  • 199

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • FLEURS
  • signed Picasso and dated 28.9.48. (lower left)
  • pencil on paper

  • 65.5 by 50.5cm., 25 3/4 by 19 7/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Œuvres de 1946 à 1953, Paris, 1965, vol. XV, no. 83, illustrated pl. 50
The Picasso Project, Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture. Liberation and Post-War Years, 1944-1949, San Francisco, 2000, no. 48-017, illustrated p. 199

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down. All four edges are deckled. There are minor nicks and tears to the top and bottom edges. There are some small strips of tape to the reverse of the top edge, possibly from previous mounting. Apart from some light surface dirt, mainly to the upper edges, this work is in good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the paper tone is lighter and brighter in the original.
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