ID 717704
Lot 32 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Estimate value
£ 1 200 000 – 1 800 000
Buste d'homme
signed 'Picasso' (lower centre); dated '25.1.69.' (upper left)
oil and Ripolin on corrugated cardboard
37 3⁄4 x 25 3⁄8 in. (96 x 64.5 cm.)
Painted in Mougins on 25 January 1969
Provenance
A gift from the siblings of José Vilato Ruiz Fin (cousin of the artist) to his widow, Colette Jacquemin, Paris, circa 1970; her estate sale, Christie's, London, 24 June 2010, lot 338.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
R. Alberti, A Year of Picasso Paintings: 1969, New York, 1971, no. 3, p. 217 (illustrated n.p.; titled 'Personnage').
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 31, Oeuvres de 1969, Paris, 1976, no. 29, n.p. (illustrated p. 11).
Exhibited
Avignon, Palais des Papes, Pablo Picasso, 1969-1970, May - September 1970, no. 5, n.p. (illustrated; titled 'Personage').
Special Notice
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| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Medium: | Board |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Medium: | Board |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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