Tête

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Tête
signed, inscribed and dated 'Pour mon ami Roland et ma chere amie Lee Penrose, Picasso, le 11.6.67' (upper centre)
ballpoint pen on paper
11¾ x 8¼ in. (29.8 x 21 cm.)
Executed on 11 June 1967 on the frontispiece of the 1967 Arts Council exhibition catalogue Picasso: Sculpture, ceramics, graphic work.

Provenance

Roland and Lee Penrose, England.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 21 October 2004.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owners.

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