PABLO PICASSO | Étude (Intérieur)

Estate of the artist
Marie-Thérèse Walter, Paris (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, France (and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 29, 1994, lot 401)
Acquired at the above sale

Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Une Collection Picasso, Oeuvres de 1937 à 1946, 1973, no. 29, illustrated in the catalogue

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1943 et 1944, vol. XIII, Paris, 1962, no. 13, illustrated pl. 5

Executed on cream wove paper taken from a sketch book and not laid down. The work is hinged to the window mount at the top two corners. The upper edge is perforated in keeping with the material, not visible when framed. There is a small area of paper skinning with some associated loose to the verso of center of the right hand edge. There is a half inch repaired surface year in the left half of the lower edge, only visible on the verso. There are some minor handling marks to the extreme edges. This work is in overall very good condition.
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