ID 1380918
Lot 8 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 700 000
Femme au voile debout, deux hommes assis
signed ‘Picasso’ (upper right)
sanguine on paper
42 5/8 x 29 ¼ in. (108.3 x 74.3 cm.)
Drawn in winter 1923-1924
Provenance
Ernest de Frenne, Paris.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by whom acquired from the above on 17 July 1929.
Mr & Mrs Chisholm Jr., New York & Hillsborough, California, by whom acquired from the above on 17 May 1938, until at least 1967.
Saidenberg Gallery Inc., New York, in 1968.
Enid A. Haupt, New York, by 1968.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 16 November 1983, lot 179.
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above in 1983.
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 5, Oeuvres de 1923 à 1925, Paris, 1952, no. 171 (illustrated pl. 82; incorrectly catalogued as 'India ink on paper' and with incorrect dimensions).
U. Weisner, ed., Picassos Klassizismus, Werke von 1914-1934, Bielefeld, 1988, no. 69b, p. 333 (illustrated).
B. Léal, Carnet, Catalogue des dessins, vol. 1, Paris, 1996, p. 289 (illustrated fig. 53; dated '1922').
Exhibited
New York, Duveen Brothers, Inc., Picasso: An American Tribute, The Classic Phase, April - May 1962, no. 37 (illustrated; titled 'Three Classical Figures').
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Picasso and Man, January - February 1964, no. 87, p. 97 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, February - March 1964.
Fort Worth, Dallas, Art Center Museum, Picasso, February - March 1967, no. 185, p. 103.
New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., Homage to Picasso for his 90th Birthday, October 1971, no. 36, p. 47 (illustrated; titled 'Three Classical Figures').
| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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| Applied technique: | Ball pen |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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| Applied technique: | Ball pen |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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