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Amitié franco-soviétique, France-URSS
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Amitié franco-soviétique, France-URSS
signed 'Picasso' (lower right); signed again in Russian and dated '10.10.56.' (lower left)
brush and ink on paper
37.1 x 27 cm.(14 5⁄8 x 10 5⁄8 in.)
Drawn on 10 October 1956
Amitié franco-soviétique, France-URSS
signed 'Picasso' (lower right); signed again in Russian and dated '10.10.56.' (lower left)
brush and ink on paper
37.1 x 27 cm.(14 5⁄8 x 10 5⁄8 in.)
Drawn on 10 October 1956
Provenance
Espace Marx, Lille
Private collection, Europe, by 1979, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's London, 23 June 2016, lot 130
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Private collection, Europe, by 1979, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's London, 23 June 2016, lot 130
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
France URSS, no. 142, July 1957, p. 33 (illustrated).
G. Gosselin, Picasso et la presse, Paris, 2000, no. 241, p. 163 (illustrated).
G. R. Utley, Picasso, The Communist Years, New Haven, 2000, p. 200 (reproduced as the 1957 journal illustration).
G. Gosselin, Picasso et la presse, Paris, 2000, no. 241, p. 163 (illustrated).
G. R. Utley, Picasso, The Communist Years, New Haven, 2000, p. 200 (reproduced as the 1957 journal illustration).
Further details
Maya Widmaier-Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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