Pablo Picasso

Estate of the Artist
Marina Picasso Collection
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 8th February 2006, lot 125
Purchased at the above sale by the previous owner

Venice, Centro di Cultura di Palazzo Grassi, Picasso, Opere dal 18965 al 1971 dalla Collezione Marina Picasso, 1981, no. 49, both illustrated in the catalogue figs. 10 & 11
Munich, Haus der Kunst Munchen; Koln, Museum Ludwig; Frankfurt, Stadische Galerie; Zurich, Kunsthaus, Pablo Picasso, 1981-2, no. 43 both illustrated in the catalogue figs. 11 & 12
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art & Kyoto, Municipal Museum, Picasso, Masterpieces from Marina Picasso Collection and from Museums in U.S.A and U.S.S.R., 1983, no. 24, both illustrated in the catalogue p. 184
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria & Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Picasso, 1984, illustrated in the catalogue
London, Alex Reid & Lefevre Gallery, Picasso Works on Paper, 1988, no. 11 illustrated in the catalogue pl. 35
Barcelona, Museu Picasso & Berne, Kunstmuseum, Picasso 1905-1906, 1992, no. 50, both illustrated in colour in the catalogue p. 185
Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Linie, Licht, und Schatten. Meisterzeichnuhgen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 1999, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier Ditesheim et Cie. & New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Pablo Picasso Metamorphoses. Œuvres de 1898 à 1973 de la Collection Marina Picasso, 2001-2

Arnold Glimcher & Marc Glimcher (ed.),The Sketchbooks of Picasso, London, 1986, no. 11, illustrated in colour p. 27 (recto) and no. 3, illustrated p. 22 (verso)
John Richardson, A Life of Picasso, London, 1991, vol. I, illustrated p. 342 (recto)
Werner Spies (ed.), Picasso's World of Children, New York, 1996, illustrated p. 28

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at all four corners and floating in the overmount. The verso is also visible through a window cut into the mount. The pages are taken from a sketchbook and as such there are two perforated vertical lines runing down the centre of the work, a fold and six small holes relating to the previous binding. The outer corners are rounded and the left hand line of perforation has become separated all the way down and the lower part has been supported with a translucent restorer's paper. There are a few tiny nicks to the right part of the lower edge. Both recto and verso are in overall good condition. Colours: The red of the hair is darker in the original when compared to the printed catalogue illustration.
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