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Nez quart de Brie (Étude pour Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ou Nu avec draperie)
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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Nez quart de Brie (Étude pour Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ou Nu avec draperie)
pencil on paper
31 x 24,2 cm. (12 ¼ x 9 ½ in.)
Drawn in 1907
Nez quart de Brie (Étude pour Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ou Nu avec draperie)
pencil on paper
31 x 24,2 cm. (12 ¼ x 9 ½ in.)
Drawn in 1907
Provenance
Leo Stein (1872-1947) & Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), United States & Paris; acquired directly from the artist.
Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967), United States & Paris; by descent from the above in 1946.
Georges E. Seligmann (1896-1998) & Edna Seligmann (1903-1952), New York; acquired from the above in 1947; then by descent; their estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 November 1982, lot 11.
Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 1988, lot 128.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967), United States & Paris; by descent from the above in 1946.
Georges E. Seligmann (1896-1998) & Edna Seligmann (1903-1952), New York; acquired from the above in 1947; then by descent; their estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 November 1982, lot 11.
Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 1988, lot 128.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 6, Supplément aux volumes 1 à 5, Paris, 1954, no. 968 (ill. pl. 116; with incorrect medium and dated '1906').
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: Life and Work of the Early Years, 1881-1907, Oxford, 1981, no. 1484, pp. 497 (ill.) & 556 (titled 'Head with Flat Nose' and with incorrect medium).
H. Seckel (ed.), Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 3, vol. 1, exh. cat., Musée Picasso, Paris, 1988, no. 2, pp. 260-261 (ill.; titled 'Tête de femme').
C.-P., Warncke, Pablo Picasso, vol. 1, Werke 1890-1936, Cologne, 1991, p. 154 (ill.; titled 'Kopf einer Frau, Studie für "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"' and dated 'June-July 1906').
K. Jacobson (ed.), The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso and the Parisian Avant-Garde, exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 2011, no. 363, pp. 225, 240, 268 (ill.) & 445.
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: Life and Work of the Early Years, 1881-1907, Oxford, 1981, no. 1484, pp. 497 (ill.) & 556 (titled 'Head with Flat Nose' and with incorrect medium).
H. Seckel (ed.), Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 3, vol. 1, exh. cat., Musée Picasso, Paris, 1988, no. 2, pp. 260-261 (ill.; titled 'Tête de femme').
C.-P., Warncke, Pablo Picasso, vol. 1, Werke 1890-1936, Cologne, 1991, p. 154 (ill.; titled 'Kopf einer Frau, Studie für "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"' and dated 'June-July 1906').
K. Jacobson (ed.), The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso and the Parisian Avant-Garde, exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 2011, no. 363, pp. 225, 240, 268 (ill.) & 445.
Exhibited
New York, The New Gallery, Picasso: an American Tribute, April - May 1962, no. 9 (ill.; titled 'African Head' and with incorrect medium).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Four Americans in Paris - The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family, December 1970 - March 1971, p. 169 (with incorrect medium).
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Il disegno del nostro secolo: Prima parte, Da Klimt a Wols, April - July 1994, no. 61, pp. 137 (ill.) & 429 (with incorrect medium).
Karlsruhe, Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg, Picasso - Zeichner des Menschen, October - December 1996, no. 26 (ill.; titled 'Nase').
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Picasso - Der Blinde Minotaurus, February 1997, pp. 26-27 (ill.) & 78 (titled 'Frauenkopf Tête de Femme (Nez Quart de Brie)').
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Aus der Werkstatt des Künstlers - Druckgraphik und vorbereitende Zeichnungen der Sammlung Hegewisch, March - October 1999, pp. 77 (ill.) & 108.
Oslo, Munchmuseet, Pablo Picasso - Den blinde Minotaurus - grafikk ogtegning, November 2002 - February 2003 (no cat.).
Hamburg, Ernst Barlach Haus Stiftung Hermann F. Reemtsma, Pablo Picasso - Der Stier und das Mädchen - Meisterblätter aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, June - October 2010, no. 7, p. 111 (ill.; titled 'Frauenkopf - Nase wie ein Viertel eines Brie').
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Four Americans in Paris - The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family, December 1970 - March 1971, p. 169 (with incorrect medium).
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Il disegno del nostro secolo: Prima parte, Da Klimt a Wols, April - July 1994, no. 61, pp. 137 (ill.) & 429 (with incorrect medium).
Karlsruhe, Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg, Picasso - Zeichner des Menschen, October - December 1996, no. 26 (ill.; titled 'Nase').
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Picasso - Der Blinde Minotaurus, February 1997, pp. 26-27 (ill.) & 78 (titled 'Frauenkopf Tête de Femme (Nez Quart de Brie)').
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Aus der Werkstatt des Künstlers - Druckgraphik und vorbereitende Zeichnungen der Sammlung Hegewisch, March - October 1999, pp. 77 (ill.) & 108.
Oslo, Munchmuseet, Pablo Picasso - Den blinde Minotaurus - grafikk ogtegning, November 2002 - February 2003 (no cat.).
Hamburg, Ernst Barlach Haus Stiftung Hermann F. Reemtsma, Pablo Picasso - Der Stier und das Mädchen - Meisterblätter aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, June - October 2010, no. 7, p. 111 (ill.; titled 'Frauenkopf - Nase wie ein Viertel eines Brie').
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