ID 792485
Lot 414 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 350 000
Femme nue couchée
dated '18 octobre 38.' (lower right)
pen and India ink, wash and coloured pencil on paper
9 1⁄2 x 17 7⁄8 in. (24.4 x 45.5 cm.)
Executed on 18 October 1938
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Lionel Prejer, Paris, by whom probably acquired from the above.
J & P Fine Art, Zurich, by whom acquired from the above in the late 1990s.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.
Literature
Exh. cat., Picasso. Antología 1895-1971, Paris, 2004, p. 140 (illustrated).
Special Notice
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Post Lot Text
Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Place of origin: | France |
| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Place of origin: | France |
| Address of auction |
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