Tête d'homme

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Tête d'homme
signed, dated and inscribed 'pour Gabriel Cabrol Picasso 12.8.63' (along the lower edge)
wax crayon on paper
14¾ x 10 7/8 in. (37.2 x 27.3 cm.)
Executed on 12 August 1963

Provenance

Gabriel Cabrol, a gift from the artist.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Galerie d'Endt, Amsterdam.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Galerie d'Endt, Pablo Picasso, tekeningen en gouaches 1959-1964, 1965.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Claude Ruiz-Picasso dated Le 11 mai 2005.

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

Picasso executed this drawing on the reverse of the title page of Jean Cocteau's Picasso de 1916 à 1961.

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