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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Lot 205
05.03.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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ID 1548126
Lot 205 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Estimate value
£ 3 000 000 – 5 000 000
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Nu debout et femmes assises
signed ‘Picasso’ (lower right); dated ’23.9.39.’ (lower left); dated again and inscribed ‘Royan 23 Septe 39.’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
16 3/8 x 13 in. (41.5 x 33 cm.)
Painted in Royan on 23 September 1939




Provenance

Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh.
Richard L. Feigen, Chicago, by whom acquired from the above in November 1960, via Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, by whom probably acquired from the above, by 1973, and thence by descent.



Literature

H. & S. Janis, Picasso, The Recent Years, 1939-1946, New York, 1946, pl. 13, pp. IX & 62 (illustrated, p. 63).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 9, Oeuvres de 1937 à 1939, Paris, 1958, no. 340 (illustrated p. 159).
De Rode Vaan, Brussels, 14 June 1973 (illustrated).
Journal et Indépendance, Brussels, 24 June 1973 (illustrated).
Pourquoi-Pas?, Brussels, June 1973, p. 157 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Thompson Pittsburgh, Aus einer amerikanischen privatsammlung, October - November 1960, no. 178 (titled 'Zwei Figuren').
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, One Hundred Paintings from the G. David Thompson Collection, May – August 1961 (titled ‘Two Figures’).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Hommage à Picasso, 50 Picasso des collections belges 1902-1969, May – July 1973, no. 28 (illustrated pl. 28).
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