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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Les Courses
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Les Courses
signed '-Picasso-' (lower left)
oil on board
20 5⁄8 x 26 ¾ in. (52.3 x 67.8 cm.)
Painted in Paris in summer 1901
Les Courses
signed '-Picasso-' (lower left)
oil on board
20 5⁄8 x 26 ¾ in. (52.3 x 67.8 cm.)
Painted in Paris in summer 1901
Provenance
Emmanuel Virenque, Paris, by whom acquired from the artist in 1901.
Vicomtesse Rose-Anne de Larnage (née Virenque), Paris, by descent from the above and until at least 1951.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 7 May 2002, lot 23.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Vicomtesse Rose-Anne de Larnage (née Virenque), Paris, by descent from the above and until at least 1951.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 7 May 2002, lot 23.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
L. Cheronnet, Paris: Mon coeur, Paris, 1945, p. 137 (illustrated p. 31).
F. Fels, L'art vivant de 1900 à nos jours, Geneva, 1950, p. 243 (illustrated).
P. Daix, G. Boudaille & J. Rosselet, Picasso: The Blue and Rose Periods, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, 1900-1906, London, 1967, pp. 35 & 171, no. V.31 (illustrated p. 35; illustrated again p. 171).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1969, vol. 21, no. 205 (illustrated pl. 80).
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: The Early Years, 1881-1907, New York, 1981, pp. 233 & 534, no. 587 (illustrated p. 233).
J. Richardson, A Life of Picasso: 1881-1906, New York, 1991, vol. I, p. 200.
C.-P. Warncke & I.F. Walther, ed., Pablo Picasso, vol. I, The Works 1890-1936, Bonn, 1991, p. 74 (illustrated p. 75).
F. Fels, L'art vivant de 1900 à nos jours, Geneva, 1950, p. 243 (illustrated).
P. Daix, G. Boudaille & J. Rosselet, Picasso: The Blue and Rose Periods, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, 1900-1906, London, 1967, pp. 35 & 171, no. V.31 (illustrated p. 35; illustrated again p. 171).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1969, vol. 21, no. 205 (illustrated pl. 80).
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: The Early Years, 1881-1907, New York, 1981, pp. 233 & 534, no. 587 (illustrated p. 233).
J. Richardson, A Life of Picasso: 1881-1906, New York, 1991, vol. I, p. 200.
C.-P. Warncke & I.F. Walther, ed., Pablo Picasso, vol. I, The Works 1890-1936, Bonn, 1991, p. 74 (illustrated p. 75).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Scènes et figures parisiennes, 1943, no. 540 (illustrated; withdrawn).
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Deux siècles d'élégances, 1715-1915, 1951, no. 405 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Deux siècles d'élégances, 1715-1915, 1951, no. 405 (illustrated).
Further Details
This work has been requested for a future exhibition, Barcelona 1900 : From Gaudí to Picasso, to be held next year at the Kunsthalle Munich from October 2026 to February 2027, and at Museum Barberini, Potsdam from March to June 2027.
Brought to you by
Michelle McMullan
Senior Specialist, Co-Head of Evening sale