PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

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$ 3 000 000
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09.11.2022 19:00 UTC -04:00
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ID 838959
Lot 10 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Tête classique

signed ‘Picasso’ (lower left); dated '12-2-23-' (on the reverse)

black Conté crayon, charcoal and estompe on rose tinted paper

24 7/8 x 18 3/4 in. (63 x 47.8 cm.)

Executed on 12 February 1923





Provenance

The Zwemmer Gallery, London (acquired from the artist).

Rae H. Eckman, New York; Estate sale, Christie’s, New York, 7 November 1979, lot 33.

Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 27 June 1995, lot 28.

Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.



Exhibited

London, The Zwemmer Gallery, An Exhibition of a Collection of Fifty Drawings by Pablo Picasso, February 1937, no. 31.



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