Pablo Picasso

Estate of the artist (inv. 1269)
Marina Picasso (the artist's granddaughter; by descent from the above)
Acquired from the above by the late owner

Munich, Haus der Kunst; Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle; Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut & Zurich, Kunsthaus, Collection Marina Picasso, 1981-82, no. 73, illustrated the catalogue
Venice, Centro di Cultura di Palazzo Grassi, Picasso, Opere dal 1895 al 1971 dalla Collezione Marina Picasso, 1981, no. 87, illustrated in the catalogue
Miami, Center for the Fine Arts, Picasso at Work at Home, Selections from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1985-86, no. 19, illustrated in the catalogue
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Picasso, Œuvres cubistes de la Collection Marina Picasso, 1986, no. 109, illustrated in the catalogue
Barcelona & Madrid, Fundacio Caixa de Barcelona, Picasso cubista 1907 - 1920, Colleccion Marina Picasso, 1987, no. 34, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Pablo Picasso: cubist works from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1987, no. 27, illustrated the catalogue
Tokyo, Tokyo Station Gallery, Pablo Picasso: Focused on cubist works from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1988, no. 16
Geneva, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Picasso L'Africain, 1998, no. 12
Berlin, Krugier/Poniatowski Collection, 1999, no. 127
Madrid, Krugier/Poniatowski Collection, 2000, no. 175
Vienna, Krugier/Poniatowski Collection, 2005, no. 135 
Munich, Krugier/Poniatowski Collection, 2007, no. 176

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, supplément aux volumes 1 à 5, Paris, 1954, vol. VI, no. 1127, illustrated p. 135
Josep Palau I Fabre, Picasso Cubisme 1907-1917, Paris, 1990, no. 666, illustrated p. 240
The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection (exhibition catalogue), Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, 1999, illustrated p. 413

Executed on white laid paper, not laid down and taped to the mount in two places along the upper edge, floating in the mount. There is a pinhole to each of the four corners and one at the centre of the lower edge. There are some very faint creases to the sheet. The sheet is very lightly time-stained, and it is very slightly undulating to the upper right corner due to the taping process. Otherwise this work is in overall very good condtion.
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caption: Pablo Picasso, Tête d’homme (Tête moustachue), charcoal on paper, 1910 or 1912, Fondation Beyeler, Basel

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caption: Dogon kanaga mask, Mali, wood, The Jan Krugier Private Collection, Switzerland