Pablo Picasso

Estate of the artist

Marina Picasso, Paris

Private Collection, London

Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Nowinski, United States

Landau Fine Arts, Montreal

Acquired from the above

Paris, Petit Palais, Hommage à Pablo Picasso, 1966-1967, no. 202, illustrated in the catalogue

New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co, The Primacy of Design: Major Drawings in Black and Colored Media from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1983, no. 73, illustrated in color the catalogue
 
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Picasso: the late drawings, 1988, no. 8, illustrated in color the catalogue

Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Art & Princeton, University Art Museum, 20th Century Master Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: From the Nowinski Collection, 1992, illustrated in the catalogue

Maurice Serullaz, Picasso's private drawings from the artist's personal collection, New York, 1969, illustrated p. 139

The Picasso Project, ed., Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, The Sixties II, 1964-1967, San Francisco, 2002, no. 66-088b, illustrated p. 255

Excellent condition. The colors are vibrant and there is no indication that the pastel has undergone any alteration in hue. The sheet has not undergone any apparent color alteration and reads as a white color. There are no tears, losses or evidence of any restoration. There is some minor flaking in the green hair on the left where the pastel layer has been very heavily applied. The sheet undulates in a series of gentle, horizontal waves which results from the relatively close placement of the hinges and does not appear to require conservation. This work is in excellent condition.
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