Le Peintre
Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Le Peintre
signed 'Picasso' (upper left), dated '25.I.65 III' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39 3/8 x 31 7/8in. (100 x 81cm.)
Painted on 25 January 1965
Le Peintre
signed 'Picasso' (upper left), dated '25.I.65 III' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39 3/8 x 31 7/8in. (100 x 81cm.)
Painted on 25 January 1965
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 14 May 1980, lot 280.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 April 1989, lot 69 (¨572,000).
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 14 May 1980, lot 280.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 April 1989, lot 69 (¨572,000).
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 25, Oeuvres de 1965 à 1967, Paris, 1972, no 26 (illustrated p. 17).
G. Plazay, Les Aventures de la Peinture moderne, Paris, 1987, p. 149 (illustrated).
G. Plazay, Les Aventures de la Peinture moderne, Paris, 1987, p. 149 (illustrated).
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