Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Buste de femme

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Buste de femme
signed 'Picasso' (lower right)
charcoal on buff paper
5¼ x 5 in. (13.3 x 12.5 cm.)
Drawn in Paris, 1901

Provenance

Galerie Berggruen, Paris.
Acquired from the above the present owner, circa 1970s.

Literature

P. Daix and G. Boudaille, Picasso: The Blue and Rose Periods: A Catalogue Raisonné 1900-1906, Neuchâtel, 1966, p. 151, no. D.IV.18 (illustrated).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1969, vol. 21, no. 196 (illustrated, pl. 77).

Lot Essay

The subject of this drawing, with her long, pointed nose, resembles Germaine Florentin, née Gargallo. She was the former lover of Picasso's friend Carles Casagemas, who committed suicide because of her in February 1901. Picasso began an affair with her shortly after he returned to Paris in May 1901. She later married the Catalan painter Ramon Pichot. See note to lot 433.

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