PABLO PICASSO | Visage de femme

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

Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Picasso the Draughtsman, 103 Works from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1993, no. 98
Schwerin, Staatliches Museum, Pablo Picasso, Der Reiz der Fläche/The Appeal of Surface, 1999, no. 44, illustrated in the catalogue 

Executed on thick white wove paper, not laid down. The work is securely affixed to the mount. There are two vertical folds running from the upper centre, inherent to the artist's process. There is a crease running horizontally across the largest fold around the figure's mouth. There are two artist's pinholes on the reverse of the figure's nose which are barely visible from the recto. This work is in overall good condition.
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Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.