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The Collection of Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
La Lecture (Marie-Thérèse)
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
La Lecture (Marie-Thérèse)
signed 'Picasso' (lower right); dated and inscribed 'Boisgeloup 31 Août XXXII.' (on the stretcher)
oil, Ripolin and charcoal on canvas
36 ¼ x 28 ¾ in. (92.1 x 73 cm.)
Painted in Boisgeloup on 31 August 1932
La Lecture (Marie-Thérèse)
signed 'Picasso' (lower right); dated and inscribed 'Boisgeloup 31 Août XXXII.' (on the stretcher)
oil, Ripolin and charcoal on canvas
36 ¼ x 28 ¾ in. (92.1 x 73 cm.)
Painted in Boisgeloup on 31 August 1932
Provenance
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the artist, 7 November 1966).
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York (acquired from the above, 6 December 1966).
ACA Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 2 January 1970).
Private collection, New York.
Private collection, Houston.
Private collection, Mexico.
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1984).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 6 December 1985.
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York (acquired from the above, 6 December 1966).
ACA Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 2 January 1970).
Private collection, New York.
Private collection, Houston.
Private collection, Mexico.
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1984).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 6 December 1985.
Literature
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: Del Minotaur al Guernica, 1927-1939, Barcelona, 2011, pp. 109 and 433, no. 305 (illustrated in color, p. 109; with incorrect dimensions).
L. Madeline and V. Perdrisot-Cassan, eds., Picasso 1932: Année érotique, exh. cat., Musée national Picasso, Paris, 2017, p. 156 (illustrated in color, fig. 42; with incorrect dimensions).
L. Madeline and V. Perdrisot-Cassan, eds., Picasso 1932: Année érotique, exh. cat., Musée national Picasso, Paris, 2017, p. 156 (illustrated in color, fig. 42; with incorrect dimensions).
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Picasso I: Werke von 1900-1932, November 1966-January 1967, no. 43 (illustrated in color).
Further Details
The Comité Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Imogen Kerr
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