Tauromachie

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Tauromachie
signed, dated and dedicated 'Picasso 10.2.57. pour mon cher ami Max Pellequer' (lower right)
brush and ink on paper
18 x 13 in. (45.5 x 33 cm.)
Executed on 10 February 1957

Provenance

Max Pellequer, Paris, a gift from the artist.
Lionel Pregjer, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 May 1997, lot 414.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

This drawing is executed on a blank leaf, taken from Pierre Bertrand's book Témoignage, which is about Jean Cocteau's life.

This work is sold with two photo-certificates, one from Maya Widmaier Picasso, and one from Claude Picasso.

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