Femme assise

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme assise
signed 'Picasso' (lower right); dated and numbered '8.I.71. II' (lower left)
pen and ink and wash on paper
19¾ x 25 5/8in. (50 x 64.8cm.)
Executed on 8 January 1971

Provenance

Waddington Galleries, London (no. WG/BR B 9435).
Sam Peckinpah.
Dr & Mrs Theodore J. Edlich Jnr., New York.
Joseph Wolpe Fine Art, Cape Town.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Sale room notice

Please note that this work is sold with a photo-certificate from Maya Widmaier-Picasso dated Paris, le 26 mai de l'An 2020.

Lot Essay

Maya Widmaier-Picasso has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Being the most significant presence in his life at this stage, it is very likely that the sitter is Picasso's wife Jacqueline.

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