ID 717916
Lot 450 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Estimate value
£ 300 000 – 500 000
Buste de femme couchée
Conté crayon on vellum
19 x 25 1⁄4 in. (48.1 x 63.8 cm.)
Drawn circa 1939
Provenance
Mary Callery, New York & Paris, by whom probably acquired from the artist.
Galerie Ile de France, Paris.
The Pace Gallery, New York, by whom acquired from the above in October 1973.
James Goodman Gallery, New York, by whom acquired from the above in October 1980.
Julian Schnabel, New York, by 1999.
PaceWildenstein, New York, on consignment from the above.
Private collection, New York, by whom acquired from the above in September 2009.
Private collection, New York; by whom acquired from the above in December 2009; sale, Phillips, New York, 15 May 2019, lot 149.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
New York, The Pace Gallery, Works on Paper, December 1974 - January 1975.
New York, The Drawing Center, Drawn from Artists' Collections, April - June 1999, p. 123; this exhibition later travelled to Los Angeles, The Hammer Museum of Art, July - September 1999.
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Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work
| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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| Applied technique: | Crayon |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings |
| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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| Applied technique: | Crayon |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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