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THE ART OF COLLECTING: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Femme de profil dans un fauteuil (III)
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Femme de profil dans un fauteuil (III)
signed 'Picasso' (upper left); dated, numbered and inscribed '1er mai 56. III 12.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39 ½ x 31 7⁄8 in. (100.3 x 81 cm.)
Painted in Cannes on 1 May 1956
Femme de profil dans un fauteuil (III)
signed 'Picasso' (upper left); dated, numbered and inscribed '1er mai 56. III 12.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39 ½ x 31 7⁄8 in. (100.3 x 81 cm.)
Painted in Cannes on 1 May 1956
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
André Lefèvre, Paris, by 1957.
Jerôme Peignot, Paris.
William Pall Gallery, New York.
Private collection, New York; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 May 1998, lot 50.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
André Lefèvre, Paris, by 1957.
Jerôme Peignot, Paris.
William Pall Gallery, New York.
Private collection, New York; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 May 1998, lot 50.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 16, Oeuvres de 1953 à 1955, Paris, 1965, no. 531 (illustrated pl. 180; incorrectly dated '1 December 1955').
Exhibited
Marseille, Musée Cantini, Cinquante chefs-d'oeuvre contemporains, de Bonnard à N. de Stael, June - July 1957, no. 37 (illustrated pl. 37).
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Collection André Lefèvre, March - April 1964, no. 237, p. 34.
London, Waddington Galleries, Pablo Picasso, June - July 1987, no 13, pp. 28 & 45 (illustrated p. 29).
Balingen, Stadthalle, Picasso, Porträt-Figurine-Skulptur, June - August 1989.
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Collection André Lefèvre, March - April 1964, no. 237, p. 34.
London, Waddington Galleries, Pablo Picasso, June - July 1987, no 13, pp. 28 & 45 (illustrated p. 29).
Balingen, Stadthalle, Picasso, Porträt-Figurine-Skulptur, June - August 1989.
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Anna Touzin
Senior Specialist, Head of Evening Sale