PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Lot 207
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Lot 207 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Amitié franco-soviétique, France-URSS
signed 'Picasso' (lower right); signed again in Russian and dated '10.10.56.' (lower left)
brush and ink on paper
37.1 x 27 cm.(14 5/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Drawn on 10 October 1956




Provenance

Espace Marx, Lille
Private collection, Europe, by 1979, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's London, 23 June 2016, lot 130
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Literature

France URSS, no. 142, July 1957, p. 33 (illustrated).
G. Gosselin, Picasso et la presse, Paris, 2000, no. 241, p. 163 (illustrated).
G. R. Utley, Picasso, The Communist Years, New Haven, 2000, p. 200 (reproduced as the 1957 journal illustration).



Further details

Maya Widmaier-Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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