Douglas Cooper, London & Argilliers (a gift from the artist on August 25, 1963)
William A. McCarty-Cooper, Los Angeles (by descent from the above and sold by the estate: Christie's, New York, May 11, 1992, lot 66)
Acquired at the above sale

Basel, Kunstmuseum; London, Tate Gallery & Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Douglas Cooper and the Masters of Cubism, 1987, no. 77, illustrated in the catalogue
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Picasso, 1988-89, no. 212, illustrated in the catalogue
Houston, Houston Museum of Fine Arts & Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Picasso, Braque, Gris, Léger: Douglas Cooper Collecting Cubism, 1990, no. 82

Douglas Cooper, Picasso: Les Déjeuners, Paris, 1962, illustrated pp. 11 & 14

The work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper which has been laid down on paper. The top edge of the sheet is perforated as the sheet has been removed from a notebook. There is some very minor staining around the extreme perimeter of the sheet, and a small stain in the lower right quadrant.
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Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.