PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Femme nue allongée et coiffée d'un turban

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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Femme nue allongée et coiffée d'un turban
signed and dated Picasso 19 (lower right)
pencil on paper
22,3 x 33,4 cm. (8 ¾ x 13 1⁄8 in.)
Drawn in Spring 1919
Provenance
Paul Rosenberg (1881-1959), Paris; probably acquired directly from the artist.
Confiscated by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg in Spring 1941 from his bank vault in Libourne; transferred to the Jeu de Paume, Paris, on 5 September 1941 (ERR no. PR 106).
Recovered from the Jeu de Paume, Paris and restituted to Paul Rosenberg on 25 September 1945 (no. 112), then by descent; collection sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1979, lot 9.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
W. George, Pablo Picasso, Rome, 1924, pl. XXII (ill.; titled 'Nude Woman with Turban').
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 3, Œuvres de 1917 à 1919, Paris, 1949, no. 296 (ill. pl. 104; with incorrect medium).
A. Sanchez Podadera, A. Romero Marquez & J.C. Jimenez Moreno, Genial Picasso, Malaga, 1996, p. 141.
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: Des ballets au drame (1917-1926), Barcelona, 1999, no. 384, pp. 131 (ill.) & 497 (titled 'Nu étendu au turban').
A. Nicosia & L. Mattarella, eds., La Roma di Picasso: Un grande palcoscenico, 17 febbraio - 2 maggio 1917, Geneva, 2008, fig. 12, p. 83 (ill.; titled 'Nudo giacente').
Exhibited
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, Picassos Klassizismus - Werke 1914-1934, April - July 1988, no. 12, pp. 211 (ill.) & 312.
Malaga, Palacio Episcopal, Picasso Clásico, October 1992 - January 1993, no. 15 (ill.; titled 'Mujer desnuda con turbante').
Balingen, Stadthalle, L'Éternel Féminin: From Renoir to Picasso, June - September 1996, pl. 64 (ill.; titled 'Nude with a Turban').
Baden-Württemberg, Landeskreditbank, Picasso - Zeichner des Menschen, October - December 1996, no. 35 (ill.; titled 'Akt mit Turban').
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Pablo Picasso - Der blinde Minotaurus - Die Sammlung Hegewisch in der Hamburger Kunsthalle, February 1997, pp. 30-31 (ill.) & 79.
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Picasso: The Italian Journey, 1917-1924, March - June 1998, no. 106, p. 209 (ill.).
Balingen, Musée d'Art Moderne, Pablo Picasso: Metamorphosen des Menschen, Arbeiten auf Papier 1895-1972, June - September 2000, no. 85 (ill.; titled 'Akt mit Turban').
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hegewisch-Kabinett - Weibsbilder, September 2000 - March 2001 (no cat.).
Münster, Graphikmuseum Pablo Picasso, Picassos imaginäres Museum, November 2001 - February 2002, no. 8, pp. 78-79 (ill.); this exhibition later travelled to Heilbronn, Städtische Museen, March - May 2002; and Würzburg, Museum im Kulturspeicher, September - December 2002.
London, Tate Modern, Matisse - Picasso, May - August 2002, no. 100, pp. 178 (ill.),181 & 189 (ill.); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, September 2002 - January 2003; and New York, The Museum of Modern Art, February - May 2003.
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Parcours: Bilder vom Orient, May - August 2006, no. 53, p. 53.
Hamburg, Ernst Barlach Haus - Stiftung Hermann F. Reemtsma, Pablo Picasso - Der Stier und das Mädchen - Meisterblätter aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, June - October 2010, no. 9, p. 111 (ill.).
Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, Picasso: Between Cubism and Classicism, 1915-1925, September 2017 - January 2018, no. 118, p. 190 (ill.).

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