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Tête de Garçon (B. 1026; Ba. 1290 IIBb)
Details
Pablo Picasso
Tête de Garçon (B. 1026; Ba. 1290 IIBb)
linocut, 1962, on Arches, second (final) state, signed, dated and dedicated in ink 'pour mon ami Janot Picasso le 5.2.65.', a proof aside from the edition of fifty published by L. Leiris, 1963, with wide margins, remains of glue and some associated surface abrasions near the upper sheet edge verso (just visible recto), otherwise in good condition
B. 350 x 273 mm., S. 630 x 450 mm.
Tête de Garçon (B. 1026; Ba. 1290 IIBb)
linocut, 1962, on Arches, second (final) state, signed, dated and dedicated in ink 'pour mon ami Janot Picasso le 5.2.65.', a proof aside from the edition of fifty published by L. Leiris, 1963, with wide margins, remains of glue and some associated surface abrasions near the upper sheet edge verso (just visible recto), otherwise in good condition
B. 350 x 273 mm., S. 630 x 450 mm.
Provenance
Jean Bongiovanni, a gift from the artist of the 1960s, and thence by decent.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Further details
'Janot' was the nickname for Jean Bongiovanni, Picasso's driver in the 1960s.