Tête

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Tête
signed bottom right 'Picasso', dated and numbered upper right '29.10.34. V'
oil on paper
25 5/8 x 19¾in. (65 x 50cm.)
Painted on October 29, 1943

Provenance

Mme Serge Landau, Paris
Bodley Gallery, New York

Literature

C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1962, vol. 13 (Oeuvres de 1943 et 1944), no. 155 (illustrated, pl. 83)

Lot Essay

This painting is the fifth in a sequence of six which the artist did on October 29, 1943 (C. Zervos, op. cit., nos. 151-156). In this work only, whether by accident or design, the artist reversed the numerals in the year.