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Jeune homme de profil
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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Jeune homme de profil
signed, dated and inscribed 'Pour Georges Hugnet Picasso Paris 6 Septembre 1944' (lower right)
ink wash and pen and India ink on frontispiece
11 x 17 5⁄8 in. (28.1 x 44.6 cm.)
Executed in Paris on 6 September 1944
Jeune homme de profil
signed, dated and inscribed 'Pour Georges Hugnet Picasso Paris 6 Septembre 1944' (lower right)
ink wash and pen and India ink on frontispiece
11 x 17 5⁄8 in. (28.1 x 44.6 cm.)
Executed in Paris on 6 September 1944
Provenance
Georges Hugnet, Paris, a gift from the artist, on 6 September 1944, until at least 1951.
Heinz Berggruen, Berlin & Paris, by whom acquired in the 1990s.
A gift from the above to the present owner.
Heinz Berggruen, Berlin & Paris, by whom acquired in the 1990s.
A gift from the above to the present owner.
Literature
G. Hugnet & P. Picasso, Ici la voix, Paris, 1954 (illustrated on frontispiece).
G. Hugnet, Pleins & Déliés, Témoignages et souvenirs, 1926-1972, La Chapelle-sur-Loire, 1972, n.p. (illustrated).
G. Hugnet, Pleins & Déliés, Témoignages et souvenirs, 1926-1972, La Chapelle-sur-Loire, 1972, n.p. (illustrated).
Special Notice
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Post Lot Text
Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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