Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Nu (Nude)

Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Nu (Nude)
dated and numbered 'mardi 25.1.72. II' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
45 x 35 in. (115.5 x 89 cm.)
Painted on 25 January 1972
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Claude Picasso, Paris
The Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 18 February 1987
Literature
R. Alberti, Picasso, le rayon ininterrompu, Paris, 1974, p. 237, no. 162 (illustrated in color).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1978, vol. 33 (Oeuvres de 1971-1972), no. 289 (illustrated, pl. 100).
Exhibited
New York, The Pace Gallery, Picasso, The Avignon Paintings, January-March 1981, no. 43 (illustrated).