Lot Essay
Claude Ruiz Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Ombres (Mougins)
Details
after a design by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Ombres (Mougins)
signed 'Picasso' (on the overlap); dated '6.4.65' (in the weave in the lower centre)
hand-woven wool tapestry
73 x 91 in. (185.5 x 231 cm.)
Conceived circa 1960-1965
Ombres (Mougins)
signed 'Picasso' (on the overlap); dated '6.4.65' (in the weave in the lower centre)
hand-woven wool tapestry
73 x 91 in. (185.5 x 231 cm.)
Conceived circa 1960-1965
Literature
Galerie Lucie-Weill Seligmann, Tapis des Maîtres, Paris, 1988, no. 24 (another version illustrated).
Exh. cat., Picasso: Peintre d'objects - Objects de peintre, Céret, Musée d'Art Moderne, 2004, cat. 340 (another version illustrated p. 226; with preparatory drawing).
Exh. cat., Picasso: Peintre d'objects - Objects de peintre, Céret, Musée d'Art Moderne, 2004, cat. 340 (another version illustrated p. 226; with preparatory drawing).
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