ID 1209840
Lot 579 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
Picasso, P.
Etreinte
signed and dated 'Picasso 4. Avril.. 72.' (lower right)
colored wax crayon and green ballpoint pen on paper
21 5/8 x 16 3/8 in. (54.8 x 41.7 cm.)
Executed on 4 April 1972
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (probably acquired from the artist, 1972).
Galleria DueCi, Rome.
Anon. (acquired from the above, circa 1990); sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 October 2000, lot 59.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2004, lot 417.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Zervos, Picasso, Paris, 1968, vol. 33, no. 335 (illustrated, pl. 120).
M. Imdahl, Picassos Guernica, Frankfurt, 1985, p. 42 (illustrated, fig. 8).
D. Widmaier-Picasso, Picasso: "Art Can Only Be Erotic," Munich, 2005, p. 141 (illustrated in color, p. 128; titled Clinch and with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris, Picasso, November 1971-August 1972, p. 27, no. 33 (illustrated in color).
| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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