Lot Essay
This tapestry was based on the oil painting Nu sur la plage et pelle, which Picasso did in Vauvenargues, 1960 (Zervos, vol. 19, no. 236; coll. Bernard Picasso, Paris).
Property of the
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART CORPORATION
from the Estate of Nina Bunshaft Sold to Benefit the
Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Fund for Acquisitions
in the Department of Paintings and Sculpture
Property of the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART CORPORATION From the Estate of NINA BUNSHAFT Sold to Benefit the NINA and GORDON Bunshaft Fund for Acquisitions in the Department of Paintings and Sculpture
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Property of the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART CORPORATION From the Estate of NINA BUNSHAFT Sold to Benefit the NINA and GORDON Bunshaft Fund for Acquisitions in the Department of Paintings and Sculpture
After a design by PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Nu sur la plage et pelle
with the artist's signature and the mark of Durrbach Cavaliere in the weave--Aubusson hand-woven wool tapestry
78½ x 96in. (199.5 x 244cm.)
Executed in 1962; number two in an edition of three
After a design by PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Nu sur la plage et pelle
with the artist's signature and the mark of Durrbach Cavaliere in the weave--Aubusson hand-woven wool tapestry
78½ x 96in. (199.5 x 244cm.)
Executed in 1962; number two in an edition of three
Provenance
Nelly van Doesburg, Paris (acquired by Gordon Bunshaft, 1962)
Further details
*This lot may be exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice at the front of the catalogue.
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