Lot Essay
This drawing was executed on the frontispiece of Paul Eluard's Le Visage de la Paix (Paris, Editions Cercle d'Art, 1951), for which Picasso provided the illustrations.
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Le visage de la paix
Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Le visage de la paix
signed, dated and inscribed 'Picasso Le 18.9.53 Vallauris' (lower right)
red wax crayon on paper
11 7/8 x 8½ in. (30.2 x 21.6 cm.)
Drawn on 18 September 1953
Le visage de la paix
signed, dated and inscribed 'Picasso Le 18.9.53 Vallauris' (lower right)
red wax crayon on paper
11 7/8 x 8½ in. (30.2 x 21.6 cm.)
Drawn on 18 September 1953
Provenance
Gallerie 65, Cannes.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 19 October 1973, lot 41.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 19 October 1973, lot 41.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Sale room notice
Maya Widmaier-Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
This work is sold pending confirmation by Claude Picasso.
This work is sold pending confirmation by Claude Picasso.