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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Couple de dos
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Couple de dos
signed with the artist's initials '-PRP.' (upper right)
oil pastel on paper laid down on card
6 1⁄8 x 4 ¼ in. (15.7 x 10.7 cm.)
Executed in Barcelona in 1899
Couple de dos
signed with the artist's initials '-PRP.' (upper right)
oil pastel on paper laid down on card
6 1⁄8 x 4 ¼ in. (15.7 x 10.7 cm.)
Executed in Barcelona in 1899
Provenance
Bouillant-Linet collection.
Pierre M. Bloch, Paris; his sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 12 March 1964, lot 17.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Pierre M. Bloch, Paris; his sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 12 March 1964, lot 17.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 1, Œuvres de 1895-1906, Paris, 1957, no. 19, n.p. (illustrated pl. 10).
Exhibited
Saint-Tropez, Musée de Saint-Tropez, Picasso en Méditerranée, July - October 2007, no. 6, p. 39 (illustrated p. 38; dated '1901').
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, De Renoir à Sam Szafran. Parcours d’un collectionneur, December 2010 - June 2011, no. 97, pp. 210-211 & 274 (illustrated p. 211; dated 'circa 1899-1900').
Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Signac et les Indépendants: Paris au Temps du Postimpressionnisme, March - September 2020. no. 228, p. 178 (illustrated).
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, De Renoir à Sam Szafran. Parcours d’un collectionneur, December 2010 - June 2011, no. 97, pp. 210-211 & 274 (illustrated p. 211; dated 'circa 1899-1900').
Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Signac et les Indépendants: Paris au Temps du Postimpressionnisme, March - September 2020. no. 228, p. 178 (illustrated).
Sale room notice
Please note that the correct medium for this work is: oil pastel on paper laid down on card, and not as stated in the printed catalogue
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