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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Lot 18
28.06.2023 14:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 990278
Lot 18 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

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).



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Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist:Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Medium:Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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