Private Collection, Paris
Private Collection (acquired from the above)

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1895 à 1906, vol. I, Paris, 1937, no. 380, illustration of another cast
Werner Spies, Picasso Sculpture, London, 1972, no.9, illustration of another cast p. 273
Werner Spies, Picasso sculpteur, catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2000, no. 9, p. 395, illustration of another cast p. 346
John Richardson, A life of Picasso, New York, 1991, vol. 1, illustration of another cast p. 456
Josep Palau I Fabre, Picasso- "I primi anni", Rizzoli, Milan, 1982, no. 1220, illustration of another cast p. 442
Diana Widmaier Picasso, "Vollard and the Sculptures of Picasso," in Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde (exhibition catalogue), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2006, fig. 195, illustration of another cast p. 184

Dark brown and golden patina. Patina rubbing on the tip of the figure's nose, the front of his brow, and the tips of both ears. Excellent condition.
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