Pablo Picasso

signed Picasso (lower centre); dated 23.10.69. (on the reverse)

114 by 145.8 cm. 44⅞ by 57⅜ in.

Private collection (acquired before 1973)

Allan F. Andersen, Virum, Denmark

Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in 1998)

Private Collection, Europe (acquire by descent from the above)

Christie’s, London, 30 June 2021, lot 8 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Avignon, Palais des Papes, Pablo Picasso, 1969-1970, 1970, no. 101, n.p., illustrated (titled Couple)

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Paris, Musée Picasso and London, Tate Gallery, Le dernier Picasso: 1953-1973, 1988, no. 64, pp. 259; n.p., illustrated in colour

Caracas, Centro Cultural Consolidado, 5 Grandes de España: Picasso, Gris, González, Dalí, Miró, 1992, no. 6, pp. 56-57, illustrated in colour (titled Pareja) 

Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Eröffnungsausstellung, 2004 - 2005, no. 59, p. 101, illustrated

Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Bilderwechsel, 2005

Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Picasso: Von Mougins nach Baden-Baden, Der späte Picasso, 2005 -2006, pp. 56-57 and 81; pp. 56-57, illustrated (titled Paar - Le couple)

Wien, Albertina and Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen, Picasso, Malen gegen die Zeit, 2006 - 2007, no. 120, p. 161, illustrated in colour (titled Das Paar and with incorrect dimensions)

Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Un cos sense límits, 2007 - 2008, pp. 162-163 and 209; p. 163, illustrated (titled Le couple and with incorrect dimensions)

Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Böhmen liegt am Meer, Aus der Sammlung Frieder Burda, 2008

Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Die Bilder tun was mit mir: Einblicke in die Sammlung Frieder Burda, 2010, p. 70, illustrated in colour (titled Le couple and with incorrect dimensions)

Berlin, Galerie Céline und Heiner Bastian, Picasso: Die Freiheit der späten Werke, 2011, no. 12, pp. 45 and 71, illustrated

Tübingen, Kunsthalle, Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso & Co., 2011- 2012, pp. 124-125, illustrated in colour (titled Liegendes Paar)

Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne, Woman: Picasso, Beckmann, de Kooning, 2012, no. 40, pp. 160-163 and 319; pp. 161-163, illustrated in colour (titled Le couple and with incorrect dimensions)

Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, 40/10 40 Jahre Sammlung, 10 Jahre Museum Frieder Burda, 2014, p. 70, illustrated

Madrid, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Picasso/Lautrec, 2017 - 2018, no. 112, pp. 225 and 237, illustrated in colour (titled The Couple and with incorrect dimensions)

Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Ensemble: Centre Pompidou-Museum Frieder Burda, 2019, pp. 172-173, illustrated in colour (titled Das Paar) 

Rafael Alberti, Picasso en Avignon, New York, 1971, pl. 95, pp. 219 and 235; illustrated in colour on the cover page; p. 219, illustrated in colour (titled Couple)

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1969, vol. 31, Paris, 1976, pl. 474, p. 143, illustrated

Phillipe Sollers, Picasso, le héros, Barcelona, 1996, no. 67, pp. 119 and 129; p. 119, illustrated in colour (titled Couple)

Lars Morell, 'Det er nu eller aldrig', in Billedkunst, vol. 5, no. 3, Silkeborg, October 1997, p. 22, illustrated  

Exh. Cat., Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Pablo Picasso, Die zwei Geschwindigkeiten im Spätwek, 2004, p. 7, illustrated

Diana Widmaier Picasso, Picasso: “Art Can Only Be Erotic”, Munich, 2005, pp. 119 and 141; p. 119 illustrated in colour (titled Couple)  

Peter-Mathias Gaede, Geo Themenlexikon, Philosophie: Ideen, Denker, Visionen, vol. 14, Mannheim, 2006, p. 307, illustrated  

‘Malerei’, Zeit Kulturbibliothek, vol. 5, Mannheim, 2008, p. 822, illustrated

Ute Rosner, ed., Der grosse Brockhaus in einem Band, vol. 3, Mannheim, 2008, p. 673, illustrated

Der Brockhaus Philosophie: Ideen, Denker und Begriffe, Mannheim, 2009, p. 375, illustrated  

Götz Adriani, ed., Unternehmer, Kunst, Sammler, private Museen in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, 2009, p. 49, illustrated in colour (titled Le Couple)

Exh. cat., Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet, Chefs-d’oeuvre du musée Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, 2012, p. 177, illustrated in colour (titled Le Couple)

Exh. cat., Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Picasso, L’oeuvre ultime, Hommage à Jacqueline, 2016, no. 38, pp. 105 and 251; p. 105, illustrated in colour (titled Le Couple and with incorrect dimensions)  

Bernadette Schoog, Von Mougins nach Baden-Baden, Frieder Burda und die Kunst, Berlin, 2019, pl. 56, illustrated in colour (titled Le couple and with incorrect dimensions)