Lot 440
  • 440

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Sans titre
  • signed Picasso, dated le 25.7.69 and dedicated Pour Madame Vernet (upper centre)
  • felt-tip pen on paper
  • 16.4 by 16.2cm., 6 1/2 by 6 3/8 in.

Provenance

Madame Vernet (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, France
Purchased from the above by the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and attached to a piece of green mounting paper along the upper edge. The ink has faded slightly over time and there are scattered pin-sized spots of foxing to the sheet, barely visible on the recto. This work is in overall good condition.
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