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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

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ID 753542
Lot 16 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)Tête de femme (Fernande)signed ‘Picasso’ (on the side of the neck)bronze with dark brown patinaHeight: 16 1⁄2 in. (41.9 cm.)Conceived in 1909 Provenance (possibly) Ambroise Vollard, Paris. (probably) Henri Kaeser, Lausanne. Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (probably acquired from the above, 12 July 1949). Samuel A. Marx and Florene May Schoenborn, Chicago (acquired from the above, 7 May 1951). Bequest from the above to the present owner, 1995. Literature G. Stein, "Pablo Picasso" in Camera Work, August 1912, pp. 29-30 (another cast illustrated, pp. 41 and 43). C. Zervos, "Sculptures des peintres d'aujourd'hui" in Cahiers d'art, 1928, p. 286 (another cast illustrated). G. Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, New York, 1933, p. 23. J. González, "Picasso Sculpteur" in Cahiers d'art, 11 January 1936, p. 189. C. Giedion-Welcker, Moderne Plastik: Elemente der Wirklichkeit. Masse und Auflockerung, Zürich, 1937, pp. 36-37 (another cast illustrated). G. Stein, Picasso, Paris, 1938, p. 9. C. Zervos, Histoire de l'art contemporain, Paris, 1938, p. 298 (another cast illustrated). J. Cassou, Picasso, New York, 1940, p. 159 (another cast illustrated). H.F. Mackenzie, Understanding Picasso: A Study of His Styles and Development, Chicago, 1940 (another cast illustrated, pl. VI). A.M. Frankfurter, "341 Documents of Modern Art: The Chrysler Collection" in Art News 39, 18 January 1941, p. 18 (another cast illustrated). C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1942, vol. 2**, no. 573 (another cast illustrated, pl. 266; titled Tête). A.H. Barr, Jr., Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art, New York, 1946, p. 69 (another cast illustrated). R. Gaffé, "Sculpteur, Picasso?" in Artes, 1947-1948, 2nd series, nos. 3-4, pp. 36-37. J. Gómez Sicre, "Picasso" in Norte 8, March 1948, p. 17 (another cast illustrated). D.-H. Kahnweiler, Les sculptures de Picasso, Paris, 1949 (another cast illustrated, pl. 8; dated 1910). M. Gieure, Initiation à l'oeuvre de Picasso, Paris, 1951, p. 337 (other casts illustrated, figs. 131 and 132; titled Tête d'homme and dated 1907). A.C. Ritchie, Sculpture of the Twentieth Century, New York, 1952, pp. 130-131 (another cast illustrated). G.C. Argan, Scultura di Picasso, Venice, 1953, pp. 10 and 26 (another cast illustrated, pl. VI). W. Boeck and J. Sabartés, Picasso, Stuttgart, 1955, p. 462, no. 54 (another cast illustrated). C. Gideon-Welcker, Contemporary Sculpture: An Evolution in Volume and Space, New York, 1955, p. 40 (another cast illustrated, p. 41). J. Camón Aznar, Picasso y el Cubismo, Madrid, 1956, pp. 660 and 731 (another cast illustrated, fig. 540; titled cabeza de hombre and dated 1907). F. Elgar and R. Maillard, Picasso: A Study of his Works, New York, 1956, p. 65 (another cast illustrated). H. Read, The Art of Sculpture, New York, 1956 (another cast illustrated, pl. 191). S. Hunter, Picasso: Cubism to the Present, New York, 1957 (another cast illustrated). R. Penrose, Picasso: His Life and His Work, New York, 1958, p. 240 (another cast illustrated, pl. VI-4). J. Golding, Cubism: A History and an Analysis, 1907-1914, New York, 1959, pp. 81-83 and 169 (another cast illustrated, pl. 6). C. Giedion-Welcker, Contemporary Sculpture: An Evolution in Volume and Space, New York, 1960, pp. xi and 46 (another cast illustrated, p. 47). J. Padrta, Picasso: The Early Years, New York, 1960, no. 11 (another cast illustrated in color). R. Rosenblum, Cubism and Twentieth-Century Art, New York, 1960, pp. 262, 265 and 324 (another cast illustrated, p. 269, fig. 188). H.L.C. Jaffé, Pablo Picasso, New York, 1964, p. 17 (another cast illustrated, fig. 15). H. Read, A Concise History of Modern Sculpture, New York, 1964, p. 62 (another cast illustrated, p. 60, pl. 54; dated 1909-1910). A.H. Barr, Jr., Picasso: Fifty Years of his Art, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966, p. 69 (another cast illustrated). H.L.C. Jaffé, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1967, p. 17 (another cast illustrated, fig. 15). F. Licht, Sculpture: 19th and 20th Centuries, New York, 1967, p. 332, no. 219 (another cast illustrated). M. de Micheli, Picasso, New York, 1967, p. 33 (another cast illustrated, p. 17). R. Penrose, The Sculpture of Picasso, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1967, p. 41 (another cast illustrated, p. 56). B. Farrell, "His Women: The Wonder is that He Found so much Time to Paint" in Life Magazine 65, 27 December 1968, p. 64 (another cast illustrated). J. Golding, Cubism: A History and an Analysis, 1907-1914, London, 1968, pp. 81-83 and 169 (another cast illustrated, fig. 6). A.E. Elsen, "The Many Faces of Picasso's Sculpture" in Art International 13, summer 1969, vol. XIII/6, p. 26 (another cast illustrated). R. Goldwater, What is Modern Sculpture?, New York, 1969, pp. 42-43, 45 and 145 (another cast illustrated, p. 42). A.M. Hammacher, The Evolution of Modern Sculpture: Tradition and Innovation, New York, 1969, p. 102 (another cast illustrated, fig. 108). N. Wadley, Cubism, New York, 1970, p. 119, no. 130 (another cast illustrated). H. Greenfeld, Pablo Picasso: An Introduction, Chicago, 1971, p. 96 (another cast illustrated). W. Spies, Sculpture by Picasso, with a Catalogue of the Works, London, 1971, p. 302, no. 24 (another cast illustrated, pp. 42-43). P.W. Schwartz, Cubism, New York, 1971, p. 150, no. 102 (another cast illustrated). F. Minervino and F. Russoli, L'opera completa di Picasso cubista, Milan, 1972, p. 102, no. 296 (another cast illustrated, p. 101). W. Rubin, ed., Picasso in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, including Remainder-Interest and Promised Gifts, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1972, p. 61 (another cast illustrated). J. Warnod, Washboat Days, New York, 1972, p. 195 (plaster version illustrated). J.-L. Daval, Journal de l'art moderne, 1884-1914, Geneva, 1973, p. 268 (another cast illustrated). C. Justice, "Picasso's Art Sheds Life" in Ledger Star, 16 June 1973, p. A7 (another cast illustrated). M. Kozloff, Cubism/Futurism, New York, 1973, p. 61 (another cast illustrated, p. 62, fig. 19). R. Penrose and J. Golding, eds., Picasso in Retrospect, New York, 1973, p. 129, no. 212 (another cast illustrated). A.E. Elsen, Origins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises, New York, 1974, p. 46, no. 62 (another cast illustrated). D. Porzio and M. Valsecchi, Understanding Picasso, New York, 1974, p. 62 (another cast illustrated). F.A. Baumann, Pablo Picasso: Leben und Werk, Stuttgart, 1976, pp. 58 and 206 (another cast illustrated, p. 57, pl. 98). R. Johnson, The Early Sculpture of Picasso, 1901-1914, PhD. Diss., University of California, Berkeley, 1976, pp. 101-105, 112-113, 167 and 231, no. 23 (another cast illustrated, fig. 84). R. Rosenblum, Cubism and Twentieth Century Art, New York, 1976, p. 343, no. 188 (another cast illustrated). D. Thomas, Picasso and His Art, New York, 1978, p. 38 (another cast illustrated, pl. 26). P. Daix and J. Rosselet, Picasso, The Cubist Years, 1907-1916: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings and Related Works, Boston, 1979, p. 67 (another cast illustrated). R. Penrose, Picasso: His Life and Work, Berkeley, 1981, p. 154, no. 4 (another cast illustrated, pl. VI). P. Daix, Cubists and Cubism, New York, 1982, p. 49 (another cast illustrated). W. Spies and C. Piot, Picasso: Das plastische Werk, Bonn, 1983, p. 373, no. 24(II) (other casts illustrated, pp. 48-49 and 327). H.H. Arnason, History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography, New York, 1986, p. 152, no. 217 (another cast illustrated). M.-L. Bernadac and P. de Bouchet, Picasso, le sage et le fou, Paris, 1986, p. 81 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 80, fig. 1). W. Fleming, Arts & Ideas, New York, 1986, p. 432, no. 490 (another cast illustrated). G. Boudaille, M.-L. Bernadac and M.-P. Gauthier, Picasso, New York, 1987, p. 46, no. 66 (another cast illustrated). J. Golding, Cubism: A History and an Analysis 1907-1914, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988, p. 81 (another cast illustrated, pl. 10). A.M. Hammacher, Modern Sculpture, Tradition and Innovation, New York, 1988, p. 102, no. 108 (another cast illustrated). F. Olivier, Souvenirs intimes: Écrits pour Picasso, Geneva, 1988, pp. 128-129 (another cast illustrated). R.L. Sommer, Picasso, New York, 1988, p. 14 (another cast illustrated in color). A. Podoksik, Picasso: La quête perpétuelle, Paris, 1989, pp. 104, 108-109 and 184 (other casts illustrated, pp. 108 and 184). J. Gutiérrez Burón, Las claves del arte cubista: Cómo interpretarlo, Madrid, 1990. J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: Cubism, 1907-1917, New York, 1990, p. 502, no. 433 (another cast illustrated, p. 152). P.-G. Persin, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler: L'aventure d'un grand merchand, Paris, 1990, p. 57 (another cast illustrated; dated 1910). R. Bernier, Matisse, Picasso, Miró As I Knew Them, New York, 1991, pp. 168-169 (another cast illustrated, p. 169). C.-P. Warncke, Pablo Picasso 1881-1973, Cologne, 1991, vol. I, p. 184 (another cast illustrated). C. Poggi, In Defiance of Painting: Cubism, Futurism, and the Invention of Collage, New Haven, 1992, pp. 33-34, no. 30 (another cast illustrated, p. 33). A. Brighton and A. Klimowski, Picasso for Beginners, New York, 1995, p. 61 (another cast illustrated). P. Cooper, Cubism, London, 1995, p. 14 (another cast illustrated, fig. 5). P. Daix, Dictionnaire Picasso, Paris, 1995, pp. 145, 199, 322, 331, 339, 560, 608, 695, 821, 822, 864, 865 and 867, no. III. P. Daix et al., Picasso et le portrait, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1996, pp. 276-278 (another cast illustrated, p. 276). C. Einstein, Die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1996, p. 270 (another cast illustrated). H.L.C. Jaffé, Pablo Picasso, New York, 1996, p. 17, no. 15 (another cast illustrated). J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: Cubism (1907-1917), Barcelona, 1996, p. 153, no. 433 (another cast illustrated, p. 152). A. Podoksik, Pablo Picasso: The Creative Eye (from 1881-1914), Bournemouth, 1996, p. 136 (another cast illustrated). J. Richardson, A Life of Picasso, 1907-1917, New York, 1996, vol. II, pp. 139, 141, 308, 454, notes 4-6 and p. 467, note 44 (another cast illustrated, p. 138; plaster version illustrated, p. 141). C. Vogel, "32 Works of Art by Masters Left to Met and the Modern" in The New York Times, 25 November 1996, p. C12. N. Cox, Cubism, London, 2000, p. 122, no. 66 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 123). M. Schneckenburger, Art of the 20th Century, New York, 2000, vol. II, p. 429 (another cast illustrated). W. Spies and C. Piot, Picasso Sculpteur, exh. cat., Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2000, p. 395, no. 24(II) (another cast illustrated, p. 347). I.F. Walther, Pablo Picasso: Genius of the Century, New York, 2000, p. 46 (another cast illustrated). P. Cabanne, Le Cubisme, Paris, 2001, p. 42 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 43). E. Cowling, Picasso: Style and Meaning, New York, 2002, pp. 212-213 and 220 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 213, no. 182). M. del Carmen González and S. Harwood Rubin, Looking at Matisse and Picasso, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2003, pp. 64-65 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 66). P. Karmel, Picasso and the Invention of Cubism, New Haven, 2003, pp. 64, 66-69, 73, 123, 168 and 207, notes 34 and 40 (another cast illustrated, figs. 78 and 79). V.J. Fletcher, "Process and Technique in Picasso's Head of a Woman (Fernande)" in Picasso: The Cubist Portraits of Fernande Olivier, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004, pp. 166-191 (this specific cast discussed, p. 186; plaster versions and details of the plaster versions illustrated in color, p. 167, figs. 1 and 2, p. 169, figs. 3, 4a and 4b, p. 170, figs. 5a and 5b, p. 174, fig. 8, p. 182, fig. 10; plaster version illustrated in situ in the artist's studio, p. 182, fig. 9; another cast illustrated in color, p. 188, fig. 12; underside of another cast illustrated in color, p. 188, fig. 11). P. Štepánek, Picasso en Praga, Madrid, 2005, p. 80, no. 18 (another cast illustrated in color, fig. 12). S. Gohr, Ich suche nicht, ich finde, Pablo Picasso: Leben un Werk, Cologne, 2006, p. 20 (another cast illustrated). G. Clemenz-Kirsch, Die sieben Leben des Pablo Picasso, Halle, 2007. P. Dagen, Picasso, New York, 2009, p. 80 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 81). B. Schaefer, ed., 1912 Mission Moderne: Die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes, Cologne, 2012, p. 126 (another cast illustrated in color, fig. 9). R. Smith, "A Trans-Atlantic View of Modernism" in The New York Times, 9 January 2015, p. C30. A. Temkin and A. Umland, Picasso Sculpture, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2015, p. 51 (plaster version illustrated in color, p. 59, fig. 15; another cast illustrated in situ at the Third Exhibition of the Skupina Výtvarných Umelcu in 1913, p. 59, fig. 16 and p. 60, fig. 18; another cast illustrated in Camera Work in 1912, p. 59, fig. 17; another cast illustrated in color, pp. 69, no. 11). R. Leonardi and D. Pullen, Picasso’s Sculpture 'Head of a Woman (Fernande)' 1909: A Collaborative Technical Study (www.museepicassoparis.fr/fr/colloque-picasso-sculptures-processus-creatifs-de-la-sculpture), 2016, pp. 1-9 (plasters illustrated in color, p. 8, fig. 1; details of plasters and other casts illustrated in color, p. 8, figs 3 and 4; another cast illustrated in color in situ in La Californie studio). O. Widmaier-Picasso, Picasso: An Intimate Portrait, London, 2018, p. 31 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 30). M. Hollein, Modern and Contemporary Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2019, p. 15 (illustrated in color). Exhibited New York, Museum of Modern Art, Sculpture of the Twentieth Century, April-September 1953, p. 46, no. 89 (titled Woman's Head). New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (on extended loan, 1985-1995). New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Florene M. Schoenborn Bequest: 12 Artists of the School of Paris, February-August 1997, no. 15.New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Painters in Paris: 1895-1950, March 2000-January 2001. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, September 2006-January 2007, pp. 101, 112, 117, note 37, pp. 182-188, 301, note 213 and p. 393, no. 163c (another cast illustrated in color, p. 185, fig. 198; another cast illustrated, p. 392; another cast illustrated in situ in Vollard's gallery, p. 208, fig. 221).New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April-August 2010, p. 141, no. 50 (illustrated in color, pp. 142 and 143). Special Notice On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot. Post Lot Text Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work. Sale Room Notice Please note that this work has been requested by The National Gallery, London, for its exhibition After Impressionism: Shattering the Conventions–Searching for the New, which will be shown 25 March-13 August 2023.
Artist:Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Cubism
Genre:Portrait
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