Portrait de femme (Claire Roy)

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Portrait de femme (Claire Roy)
signed, dated and inscribed 'pour Claire Roy Picasso le 19 mai 1953' (along the left edge)
pen and ink on paper
5 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (15 x 12 cm.)
Drawn on 19 May 1953

Provenance

Claire Roy, a gift from the artist.
Galerie Mony Calatchi, Paris.
Private collection, France.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

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

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

The present work is executed on the back of a Galerie Louise Leiris exhibition invitation card, 19 May - 13 June 1933.

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