A Life of Collecting: Works from an Important Private Collection
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Pomme et verre
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Pomme et verre
signed and dated ‘Picasso 23’ (upper left)
oil and sand on canvas
8 ⁷/₈ x 11 in. (22.7 x 27.8 cm.)
Executed in 1923
Pomme et verre
signed and dated ‘Picasso 23’ (upper left)
oil and sand on canvas
8 ⁷/₈ x 11 in. (22.7 x 27.8 cm.)
Executed in 1923
Provenance
Étienne Bignou & Alex. Reid & Lefevre, London, by 1931.
Étienne Bignou & Valentine Gallery, London and New York.
Walter P. Chrysler Jr., New York & Warrenton, by whom acquired from the above on 21 February 1936; his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 22 March 1945, lot 62.
The Perls Galleries, New York.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 13 December 1950, lot 35.
Galleria Gissi, Turin, by 1970.
Mario Perona, Turin.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in 1981, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Étienne Bignou & Valentine Gallery, London and New York.
Walter P. Chrysler Jr., New York & Warrenton, by whom acquired from the above on 21 February 1936; his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 22 March 1945, lot 62.
The Perls Galleries, New York.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 13 December 1950, lot 35.
Galleria Gissi, Turin, by 1970.
Mario Perona, Turin.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in 1981, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 5, Œuvres de 1923 à 1925, Paris, 1952, no. 76, p. 41 (illustrated).
N.B. Ruiz, Bárbaros e italianos. Picasso en el pensamiento critic de Sebastia Gash y Eugenie d'Ors, Malaga, 1996, p. 139 (illustrated fig. 27; titled ‘Manzana y vaso’).
N.B. Ruiz, Bárbaros e italianos. Picasso en el pensamiento critic de Sebastia Gash y Eugenie d'Ors, Malaga, 1996, p. 139 (illustrated fig. 27; titled ‘Manzana y vaso’).
Exhibition
(possibly) New York, Valentine Gallery, Abstractions of Picasso, January 1931, no. 8 (titled ‘La pomme’).
London, Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd., Thirty Years of Pablo Picasso, June 1931, no. 24.
Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Exhibition of the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Collection, January 1937, no. 25 (titled ‘Glass and Apple’).
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Selected Exhibition of the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Collection, October 1937, no. 4 (titled ‘Verre Et Pomme’).
Turin, Galleria Gissi, Maestri Stranieri, June 1970.
Turin, Galleria Gissi, Picasso. Chagall. De Chirico, November 1972, no. 3 (illustrated).
Turin, Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Fernand Léger. L’oggetto e il suo contesto 1920-1940, January – April 1996, no. 54, pp. 144 & 156 (illustrated).
London, Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd., Thirty Years of Pablo Picasso, June 1931, no. 24.
Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Exhibition of the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Collection, January 1937, no. 25 (titled ‘Glass and Apple’).
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Selected Exhibition of the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Collection, October 1937, no. 4 (titled ‘Verre Et Pomme’).
Turin, Galleria Gissi, Maestri Stranieri, June 1970.
Turin, Galleria Gissi, Picasso. Chagall. De Chirico, November 1972, no. 3 (illustrated).
Turin, Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Fernand Léger. L’oggetto e il suo contesto 1920-1940, January – April 1996, no. 54, pp. 144 & 156 (illustrated).
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