Lot 635
  • 635

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Étude de nu, les mains jointes
  • pencil on paper
  • 21 by 13,5cm., 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Marina Picasso (the artist’s granddaughter; acquired from the above)

Exhibited

Barcelona, Museu Picasso & Bern, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Picasso 1905-1906, 1992, no. 154

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1954, vol. VI: supplément aux volumes 1 à 5, no. 900, illustrated p. 108

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and floating in the mount. The sheet is affixed in places along the edges. The sheet is slightly time stained and there are faint creases and undulations in places. There is a loss to the corner to the right upper edge. There is some minor handling marks and studio dirt. This work is in overall good condition.
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