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The Art of Giving: Property from the Collection of Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Sold for Charitable Purposes Supporting the Arts, Music and Medical Research

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue couchée jouant avec un chat

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May 17, 12:56 AM GMT

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20,000,000 - 30,000,000 USD

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The Art of Giving: Property from the Collection of Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Sold for Charitable Purposes Supporting the Arts, Music and Medical Research

Pablo Picasso

1881 - 1973

Femme nue couchée jouant avec un chat

faintly signed Picasso (upper right); dated 17.2.64. and 7.8.9.3.64. (on the reverse)

oil and Ripolin on canvas

51 ⅛ by 76 ⅝ in. 130 by 194.7 cm.

Executed in Mougins on 17 February and 7-9 March 1964.

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, Europe (acquired in the 1970s)
Christie's, London, 1 July 1998, lot 42 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Hélène Parmelin, Picasso. Notre Dame de Vie: Secrets d'alcôve d'un atelier, Paris, 1966, p. 89, illustrated in color
Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso: Oeuvres de 1964, vol. XXIV, Paris, 1971, no. 94, pl. 26, illustrated
Carsten-Peter Warncke, Pablo Picasso 1881-1973, vol. II, Cologne, 1994, p. 624, illustrated in color

Barcelona, Galeria Sala Gaspar, Picasso, Pinturas, Dibujos, Grabados, 1968, no. 6, illustrated in color
(probably) Turin, Galleria Gissi, I Maestri Stranieri, 1970, no. 4083
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Picasso: Mosqueteros, 2009, n.n., pp. 132-33, illustrated in color