Lot Essay
This tapestry was based on the gouache Pierrot et arlequin, which Picasso painted in Juan-les-Pins, 1920 (Zervos, vol. 4, no. 69; coll. Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman, New York)
Property of the
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART CORPORATION
from the Estate of Nina Bunshaft Sold to Benefit
the Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Fund for Acquisitions
in the Department of Paintings and Sculpture
Property of the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART CORPORATION From the Estate
Details
Property of the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART CORPORATION From the Estate
of NINA BUNSHAFT Sold to Benefit the NINA and GORDON Bunshaft Fund
for Acquisitions in the Department of Paintings and Sculpture
After a design by PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Pierrot et arlequin
with the artist's signature and the mark of Durrbach Cavalaire in the weave--Aubusson hand-woven wool tapestry
89 x 69in. (226 x 175.3cm.)
Executed in 1960; in an edition of three
of NINA BUNSHAFT Sold to Benefit the NINA and GORDON Bunshaft Fund
for Acquisitions in the Department of Paintings and Sculpture
After a design by PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Pierrot et arlequin
with the artist's signature and the mark of Durrbach Cavalaire in the weave--Aubusson hand-woven wool tapestry
89 x 69in. (226 x 175.3cm.)
Executed in 1960; in an edition of three
Provenance
Nelly van Doesburg, Paris (acquired by Gordon Bunshaft, 1961)
Further details
*This lot may be exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice at the front of the catalogue.