ID 990278
Lot 18 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000
Tête de femme (Dora Maar)
dated '7.1.39.' (centre left)
oil on paper
12 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (32.1 x 21.4 cm.)
Painted on 7 January 1939
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Paloma Picasso, Paris, by descent from the above in 1979.
Private collection, United States.
Pace Gallery, New York, by whom acquired from the above in February 1984.
Ronald P. Stanton, by whom acquired from the above on 22 February 1985, and thence by descent; sale, Christie’s, New York, 15 May 2017, lot 40A.
Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. IX, Œuvres de 1937 à 1939, Paris, 1958, no. 251 (illustrated pl. 119).
H. Parmelin, Picasso: Women, Cannes and Mougins, 1954-63, Amsterdam, 1965, p. 54 (illustrated).
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: From the Minotaur to Guernica (1927-1939), Barcelona, 2011, no. 1269, pp. 408 & 450 (illustrated p. 408).
Special Notice
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| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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