Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Nature morte aux pommes
dated 'Dimanche 25 Novembre 1945' (on the reverse)
coloured paper collage and crayon on card
3 ¼ x 13 3/8 in. (8.2 x 34 cm.)
Executed on Sunday 25 November 1945
Provenance
Marie-Thérese Walter, Paris, a gift from the artist.
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva.
Rachel Adler Gallery, New York.
James Goodman Gallery, New York.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 11 May 1988, lot 183.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 24 May 1989, lot 76.
The Stanley J. Seeger Collection of Works by Picasso; their collection sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 4 November 1993, lot 468.
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, London, 24 June 1996, lot 216.
Hanina Fine Arts, London.
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, London, 7 February 2014, lot 56.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Josep Palau I Fabre, Pare Picasso, Barcelona 1977, no. 27, (illustrated pl. 31).
Exhibited
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Une collection Picasso, 1973, no. 607.
Brussels, Galerie Claude Jongen, Picasso Intime, November 1975 - January 1976, no. 35.
Paris, Galeries de Seine, Picasso s’amuse, 1976, no. 24.
New York, Studio 53, By Special Request, 1988 (illustrated p. 14).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.