PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
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ID 1472408
Lot 22 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Estimate value
3000000GBP £ 3 000 000 – 5 000 000
Les Courses
signed '-Picasso-' (lower left)
oil on board
20 5/8 x 26 ¾ in. (52.3 x 67.8 cm.)
Painted in Paris in summer 1901
Provenance
Emmanuel Virenque, Paris, by whom acquired from the artist in 1901.
Vicomtesse Rose-Anne de Larnage (née Virenque), Paris, by descent from the above and until at least 1951.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 7 May 2002, lot 23.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
L. Cheronnet, Paris: Mon coeur, Paris, 1945, p. 137 (illustrated p. 31).
F. Fels, L'art vivant de 1900 à nos jours, Geneva, 1950, p. 243 (illustrated).
P. Daix, G. Boudaille & J. Rosselet, Picasso: The Blue and Rose Periods, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, 1900-1906, London, 1967, pp. 35 & 171, no. V.31 (illustrated p. 35; illustrated again p. 171).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1969, vol. 21, no. 205 (illustrated pl. 80).
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: The Early Years, 1881-1907, New York, 1981, pp. 233 & 534, no. 587 (illustrated p. 233).
J. Richardson, A Life of Picasso: 1881-1906, New York, 1991, vol. I, p. 200.
C.-P. Warncke & I.F. Walther, ed., Pablo Picasso, vol. I, The Works 1890-1936, Bonn, 1991, p. 74 (illustrated p. 75).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Scènes et figures parisiennes, 1943, no. 540 (illustrated; withdrawn).
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Deux siècles d'élégances, 1715-1915, 1951, no. 405 (illustrated).
Further Details
This work has been requested for a future exhibition, Barcelona 1900 : From Gaudí to Picasso, to be held next year at the Kunsthalle Munich from October 2026 to February 2027, and at Museum Barberini, Potsdam from March to June 2027.
Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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