Lot 128
  • 128

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Les acrobates
  • signed Picasso (upper left)
  • pen and ink on paper
  • 10.5 by 24.2cm., 4 1/8 by 9 1/2 in.
pen and India ink on paper

Provenance

Hugo Perls, New York (sale: Christie's, New York, 18th May 1983, lot 13)
Dennis Hotz Fine Art Ltd., South Africa (purchased at the above sale)
Private Collection (acquired from the above circa 1984)
Sale: Christie's, New York, 9th May 2000, lot 327
Purchased at the above sale by the late owner

Condition

Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at the upper two corners and floating in the overmount. The left, lower and right edges are deckeld and the upper edge is slighlty unevenly cut. There are some small supported paper losses to the lower right corner and the upper part of the right edge. There is some extremely minor red staining to the very extreme upper edge, probably inherent to the artist's process. There are some very light handling marks in places. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition.
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