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Lot 566
  • 566

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Homme jouant au violon
  • black crayon and pencil on paper
  • 34.1 by 22.2cm., 13 1/2 by 8 3/4 in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Marina Picasso (the artist’s granddaughter; acquired from the above)

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1974, vol. XXVIII, no. 160, illustrated p. 78
Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso, Cubisme 1907-1917, Barcelona, 1990, no. 706, illustrated p. 256

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is hinged to the mount at two points on the verso of the upper corners. The sheet is lightly time-stained. The left edge is deckled and slightly irregular, not visible when framed. There are three tiny tears running vertically down from the left upper edge, not visible when framed. A few faint flattened creases at upper left, centre right and lower left. This work is in overall very good condition.
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