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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Études de personnages
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Études de personnages
signed ‘Picasso’ (lower left)
gouache, watercolour and pen and ink on paper
9 7⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 in. (25.1 x 32 cm.)
Executed in Paris circa 1904-1905
Études de personnages
signed ‘Picasso’ (lower left)
gouache, watercolour and pen and ink on paper
9 7⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 in. (25.1 x 32 cm.)
Executed in Paris circa 1904-1905
Provenance
Robert von Hirsch, Basel; his estate sale, Sotheby’s, London, 27 June 1978, lot 856.
The British Rail Pension Fund; their sale, Sotheby’s, London, 4 April 1989, lot 23.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 27 June 1995, lot 25.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 22 June 2004, lot 450.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
The British Rail Pension Fund; their sale, Sotheby’s, London, 4 April 1989, lot 23.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 27 June 1995, lot 25.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 22 June 2004, lot 450.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Sotheby Parke Bernet, ed., Masterpieces from the Robert von Hirsch sale at Sotheby's, New Jersey, 1978, p. 151.
Exhibited
New York, Colgate University, The Picker Art Gallery, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Works from a British Collection, March - May 1986, no. 35, p. 98 (illustrated p. 99); this exhibition later travelled to Austin, The University of Texas, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, September - November 1986; and Norwich, Castle Museum, October - November 1987, no. 17.
Further Details
The Comité Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Veronica Scarpati
Head of Works on Paper Sale