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Pablo Picasso
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Pablo Picasso
- Journal au profil
- Signed Picasso (lower center); dated 4.1.64 (on the verso)
- Brush and ink and ink wash over linocut on paper
- 29 1/2 by 24 3/8 in.
- 74.9 by 61.9 cm
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Picasso: Painted Linos, 1970, no. 42, illustrated in the catalogue
Literature
The Picasso Project, ed., The Complete Linoleum Cuts, 1939-1968, San Francisco, 2012, no. L-178, illustrated p. 233
Condition
Executed on cream wove arches paper affixed to a mount at several places along the top edge on verso. Edges are cut. Medium is strong and fresh. Faint mat stain along left edge and a soft crease at top edge near upper left corner. Another crease at extreme left edge, eight inches down from top. A few tiny nicks around the extreme perimeter and one pindot of foxing in lower left quadrant, otherwise fine. This work is in very good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
No edition was executed of this linocut and only the present work, the hand-painted trial proof, is known to exist.