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Lasting Impression: The Collection of Marilyn Arison
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Deux femmes
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Deux femmes
oil and gouache over etching
Image size: 10 x 7 in. (25.5 x 18 cm.)
Sheet size: 15 ¼ x 11 ¾ in. (38.7 x 29.8 cm.)
Painted in 1930
Deux femmes
oil and gouache over etching
Image size: 10 x 7 in. (25.5 x 18 cm.)
Sheet size: 15 ¼ x 11 ¾ in. (38.7 x 29.8 cm.)
Painted in 1930
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Marina Picasso, Paris (by descent from the above).
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva (acquired from the above).
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above).
Theodore J. Forstmann, New York (acquired from the above, 1989); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2 May 2012, lot 9.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Marina Picasso, Paris (by descent from the above).
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva (acquired from the above).
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above).
Theodore J. Forstmann, New York (acquired from the above, 1989); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2 May 2012, lot 9.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
B. Geiser, Picasso peintre-graveur: Catalogue illustré de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié, 1899-1931, Bern, 1955, no. 200 (the etching illustrated).
G. Bloch, Picasso: Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié, 1904-1967, Bern, 1968, p. 54, no. 133 (the etching illustrated).
B. Baer and B. Geiser, Picasso peintre-graveur: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié et des monotypes, 1899-1931, Bern, 1990, vol. I, p. 332, no. 200 (the etching illustrated).
G. Bloch, Picasso: Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié, 1904-1967, Bern, 1968, p. 54, no. 133 (the etching illustrated).
B. Baer and B. Geiser, Picasso peintre-graveur: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié et des monotypes, 1899-1931, Bern, 1990, vol. I, p. 332, no. 200 (the etching illustrated).
Exhibited
Dallas Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum; Detroit Institute of Arts and Denver Art Museum, Picasso the Printmaker: Graphics from the Marina Picasso Collection, September 1983-May 1984, pp. 56-57, no. 21 (illustrated, p. 57; illustrated again in color, p.14).
Munich, Galerie Thomas, Picasso bei Thomas, April-May 1986, p. 48 (illustrated in color, p. 47; titled Le Couple).
New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Picasso "Petits Formats" Works from the Marina Picasso Collection, May-June 1989, no. 18 (titled Le couple).
Munich, Galerie Thomas, Picasso bei Thomas, April-May 1986, p. 48 (illustrated in color, p. 47; titled Le Couple).
New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Picasso "Petits Formats" Works from the Marina Picasso Collection, May-June 1989, no. 18 (titled Le couple).
Further Details
The late Claude Picasso confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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