ID 1163405
Lot 51 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Estimate value
£ 2 500 000 – 3 500 000
Nature morte à la bougie
signed 'Picasso' (lower left) and dated '4 avl 44' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
24 5⁄8 x 36 1⁄8 in. (63.2 x 91.7 cm.)
Painted on 4 April 1944
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler], Paris.
Bignou Gallery, New York, by 1948.
Ambassador Hugo Gouthier de Oliveira Gondim, Brazil, by 1956.
Private collection, Sweden.
Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above in the early 1990s, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's London, 22 June 2010, lot 44.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, oeuvres de 1943 et 1944, vol. 13, Paris, 1962, no. 254 (illustrated pl. 126).
M. Vescovo & B. Hedel-Samson ed., Fernand Léger: L'oggetto e il suo contesto, 1920-1940, exh cat., Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, 1996, no. 55, pp. 145 & 156 - 157 (illustrated p. 145).
Exhibited
New York, Bignou Gallery, 19 and 20th Century French Paintings, March 1948.
| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
|---|---|
| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
|---|---|
| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|
| Preview |
| |
| Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
| Buyer Premium | see on Website | |
| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |















