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Femme au bras gauche levé
Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme au bras gauche levé
signed twice 'Picasso' (lower right)
colored wax crayon, pen and brown ink on paperboard
5¼ x 3½ in. (13.5 x 9 cm.)
Drawn in Barcelona in 1902
Femme au bras gauche levé
signed twice 'Picasso' (lower right)
colored wax crayon, pen and brown ink on paperboard
5¼ x 3½ in. (13.5 x 9 cm.)
Drawn in Barcelona in 1902
Provenance
Sebastián and Carlos Junyer-Vidal, Barcelona.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1958).
Frank Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills (acquired by the present owner, 1965).
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1958).
Frank Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills (acquired by the present owner, 1965).
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1932, vol. I (oeuvres de 1895 á 1906), no. 153 (illustrated, pl. LXXII).
G. Boursaille, P. Daix and J. Rosselet, Picasso: The Blue and Rose Periods, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings 1900-1906, Greenwich, 1966, no. D.VII.3 (illustrated, p. 213).
M. N. Carter, "Great Private Collections: The Obsessions of Billy Wilder," Saturday Review, December, 1980, p. 63 (illustrated).
P. Viladas, "A Life in Pictures," House & Garden, April, 1989, pp. 155 and 158 (illustrated).
G. Boursaille, P. Daix and J. Rosselet, Picasso: The Blue and Rose Periods, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings 1900-1906, Greenwich, 1966, no. D.VII.3 (illustrated, p. 213).
M. N. Carter, "Great Private Collections: The Obsessions of Billy Wilder," Saturday Review, December, 1980, p. 63 (illustrated).
P. Viladas, "A Life in Pictures," House & Garden, April, 1989, pp. 155 and 158 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Los Angeles, University of California Art Galleries, "Bonne Fête" Monsieur Picasso, October-November 1961, no. 59.
Santa Barbara, University of California, University Art Gallery, Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wilder, October-November 1966, no. 45d (illustrated, p. 26).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Picassos in Southern California, A Tribute to the Artist at 90, October-November 1971, no. 16.
Santa Barbara, University of California, University Art Gallery, Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wilder, October-November 1966, no. 45d (illustrated, p. 26).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Picassos in Southern California, A Tribute to the Artist at 90, October-November 1971, no. 16.
Sale room notice
The Musée Picasso has requested this work be loaned to their forthcoming exhibition Picasso érotique which will travel to the Jeu de Paume in Paris and the Musée des Beaux Arts in Montreal in 2001.