Les Clowns

Details

After a design by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Les Clowns
signed and numbered on a label affixed to the reverse 'Picasso 2/5'
hand-woven Aubusson tapestry
78 x 56¾in. (198.1 x 144.2cm.)
Executed in October, 1969

Provenance

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris

Sale room notice

This lot is 'After a design by PABLO PICASSO'

Lot Essay

Les Clowns was woven by the Pinton Frères tapestry guild in Aubusson under the supervision of Picasso. The design is related to the lithograph Deux clowns (Bloch, no. 766) which Picasso executed in Vallauris on March 24, 1954.