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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

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Auction dateClassic
28.06.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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ID 990289
Lot 15 | PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Tête de femme

signed and dated 'Picasso 21' (upper left)

oil on canvas

7 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (18.6 x 16 cm.)

Painted in Fontainebleau in Summer 1921





Provenance

Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin.

Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Paris, by between June 1927 and January 1928 (no. 4408).

Griebert, Germany.

Heinz Berggruen, Berlin & Paris, by whom acquired from the above in 1976, and thence by descent to the present owners.



Literature

C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. IV, Œuvres de 1920 à 1922, Paris, 1951, no. 351 (illustrated pl. 140).

J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: From the Ballets to Drama, 1917-1926, Barcelona, 1999, no. 1118, pp. 301 & 512 (illustrated p. 301; titled 'Head of a Woman, Looking Downwards').

H.J. Papies, K. Zacharias & E. Morawietz, eds., Museum Berggruen, Berlin, 2013, pp. 116 & 464 (illustrated p. 117; with incorrect medium).



Exhibited

Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Berggruen Collection, June - October 1988, no. 84, p. 208 (illustrated p. 209).

Paris, Musée National Picasso, Picasso / Berggruen: Une collection particulière, September 2006 - January 2007, p. 117 (illustrated).

Berlin, Museum Berggruen, on long term loan from 2003 until 2022.

Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, Picasso Between Cubism and Classicism: 1915-1925, September 2017 - January 2018, no. 164, p. 229 (illustrated).



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Artist:Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Medium:Canvas, Textile
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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