Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Dessinateur et modèl

Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Dessinateur et modèl
signed and dated top right 'Picasso 4.1.54.'
pen, brush and black ink on paper mounted at the edges on board
12½ x 9 3/8in. (31.8 x 23.8cm.)
Drawn on January 4, 1954
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Literature
intro. R. West, M. Leiris and Tériade, "Suite de 180 dessins de Picasso, 28 novembre 1953 au 3 février 1954," VERVE, nos. 29-30, Vallauris, Sept., 1954 (illustrated, n.p.)
intro. R. West, M. Leiris and Tériade, A Suite of 180 Drawings by Picasso: Picasso and the Human Comedy, New York, 1954 (reprint and English translation of the VERVE double-issue; illustrated, n.p.)
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1965, vol. 16 (Oeuvres de 1953 à 1955), no. 118 (illustrated, pl. 42)
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Obelisk Gallery, Masters of our Time, Part II, Nov.-Dec., 1958, no. 24
Luxembourg, Musée Nationale d'Histoire et d'Art (on extended loan since 1975)

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