Para Paco

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Para Paco
signed, dated and inscribed 'PARA PACO Picasso el 3.2.59.' (upper left)
coloured crayon on paper
10 3/4 x 8 in. (27.2 x 20.3 cm.)
Drawn on 3 February 1959

Provenance

Paco Muñoz, Nîmes, a gift from the artist on 3 February 1959.
Galerie Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in the early 1960s.

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.

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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.

The present work is likely dedicated to Paco Muñoz, one of Picasso's friends who lived in Nîmes and was also of Spanish origin.

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