Pablo Picasso

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

Munich, Haus der Kunst; Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle; Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut & Zürich, Kunsthaus, Collection Marina Picasso, 1981-82, no. 38, illustrated in the catalogue
Venice, Centro di Cultura di Palazzo Grassi, Picasso, Opere dal 1895 al 1971 dalla Collezione Marina Picasso, 1981, no. 46, illustrated in the catalogue
Tokyo, National Gallery of Modern Art & Kyoto, Municipal Museum, Picasso, Masterpieces from Marina Picasso and from Museums in USA and USSR, 1983, no. 23, illustrated in the catalogue
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria & Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Picasso, 1984, no. 17, illustrated in the catalogue
London, Lefevre Gallery, Picasso, Works on paper, Barcelona, Blue and Pink Periods, from the Collection of Marina Picasso, 1988, no. 19
Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Picasso Dibujos 1899 - 1917, 1989, no. 14, illustrated in the catalogue
Barcelona, Museo Picasso & Bern, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Picasso 1905-1906, 1992, no. 23, illustrated in the catalogue
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Picasso the Draughtsman, 103 Works from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1993, no. 7
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie & New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Pablo Picasso, Metamorphoses, Works from 1898 to 1973 from the Marina Picasso Collection, 2001-02, no. 11, illustrated in the catalogue

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1954, vol. VI: supplément aux volumes 1 à 5, no. 650, illustrated p. 79
The Picasso Project (ed.), Picasso’s Paintings Watercolors Drawings & Sculpture, The Blue Period, 1902-1904, San Francisco, 2011, no. 04-078, illustrated p. 212

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is affixed to the mount on the verso of the four corners and at the centre of the left and right edges. The work is floating in the mount. The upper edge is deckled and slightly unevenly cut. The sheet is time-stained and there are a few faint scattered spots of foxing. Some minor creasing, tiny nicks and handling marks along the perimeter consistent with age. There are some faint flattened creases in the upper right corner and a small area of skimming to the surface of the paper that has possibly been restored. Another small crease visible towards the centre of the upper edge, above the figure's head. The work is in overall good condition.
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