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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Femme aux bras croisés (Françoise)
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Femme aux bras croisés (Françoise)
dated ‘16 juin 50’ (on the side of the base); dated and inscribed ‘VALLAURIS 1950’ (on the underside of the base)
terracotta
height : 13 3⁄8 in. (34 cm.)
Executed in Vallauris on 16 June 1950; this work is unique
Femme aux bras croisés (Françoise)
dated ‘16 juin 50’ (on the side of the base); dated and inscribed ‘VALLAURIS 1950’ (on the underside of the base)
terracotta
height : 13 3⁄8 in. (34 cm.)
Executed in Vallauris on 16 June 1950; this work is unique
Provenance
The artist’s estate.
Marina Picasso (the artist’s granddaughter), Paris, by descent from the above.
Jan Krugier, Geneva, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 6 February 2014, lot 116.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Marina Picasso (the artist’s granddaughter), Paris, by descent from the above.
Jan Krugier, Geneva, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 6 February 2014, lot 116.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Verve, vol. VII, no. 25-26, Paris, 1951 (bronze version illustrated).
W. Spies, Picasso, The Sculptures, Ostfildern & Stuttgart, 2000, no. 351-I, p. 409 (bronze version illustrated p. 368).
B. Léal, C. Piot & M.-L. Bernadac, Picasso, la monographie, Paris, 2000, no. 940 (bronze version illustrated p. 379).
W. Spies, Picasso, The Sculptures, Ostfildern & Stuttgart, 2000, no. 351-I, p. 409 (bronze version illustrated p. 368).
B. Léal, C. Piot & M.-L. Bernadac, Picasso, la monographie, Paris, 2000, no. 940 (bronze version illustrated p. 379).
Further details
Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work in 2020.
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