Portrait de Bernhard Geiser

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Portrait de Bernhard Geiser
signed, dated, and inscribed 'pour Bernard Geiser son ami Picasso Cannes le 14.1.57.' (upper left)
wax crayon on paper
12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (32 x 24 cm.)
Drawn in Cannes on 14 January 1957

Provenance

Bernhard Geiser, Bern, a gift from the artist in 1957, and thence by descent to the present owner in December 1966.

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Lot Essay

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

In the present drawing from 1957, Picasso depicts his friend Bernhard Geiser in a manner that is colourful and energetic, yet unambiguously clear. By emphasising Geiser’s facial features, the composition almost becomes like a well-meant caricature, through which Picasso wants to capture his light-hearted friendship with the Swiss art historian who had published the catalogue raisonné of the artist's graphic work.

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