Lot 215
  • 215

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Courses de Taureaux
  • signed Picasso (lower right)
  • pen and ink and coloured crayons on card
  • 13.5 by 9cm., 5 1/4 by 3 1/2 in.

Provenance

Sebastian Junyer-Vidal, Barcelona
Perls Galleries, New York
Sale: Christie's, London, 30th June 1987, lot 34
Galerie Theo, Madrid
Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Literature

Alexandre Cirici-Pellicer, Picasso avant Picasso, Geneva, 1950, no.176, illustrated n.p.
Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Œuvres de 1895 - 1906, Paris, 1957, vol. I, no 90, illustrated p. 44 (with signature by another hand)

Condition

Executed on cream card, not laid down, taped to the mount along the upper edge and floating. The corners are rounded and the card is slightly time-stained. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition. Colours: overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, though the papertone is warmer in the original.
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