Lot Essay
This work is a preparation for the related silver compotier to be sold in our Impressionist & Modern Day Sale on 5 February 2002.
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Projet de compotier: visage souriant
Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Projet de compotier: visage souriant
signed and numbered 'Picasso I' (upper right); signed and numbered 'Picasso I' (on the verso).
pencil and blue crayon on paper
19 5/8 x 25½ in. (50 x 65cm.)
Executed in April 1958
Projet de compotier: visage souriant
signed and numbered 'Picasso I' (upper right); signed and numbered 'Picasso I' (on the verso).
pencil and blue crayon on paper
19 5/8 x 25½ in. (50 x 65cm.)
Executed in April 1958
Provenance
Maître François Hugo, Aix-en-Provence.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 1 April 1981, lot 280.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 1 April 1981, lot 280.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.