Lot 130
  • 130

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Femme assise et singe
  • Signed Picasso and dated 10.1.54 XV (upper left)
  • Brush and ink on paper laid down on paper
  • 9 1/2 by 12 3/4 in.
  • 24 by 32.2 cm

Provenance

Knoedler & Co., New York
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Engelhard, Jr., New Jersey
The Estate of Mrs. Charles Engelhard, Jr. (by descent from the above and sold: Christie's, New York, November 4, 2004, lot 156)

Literature

"Suite de 180 dessins de Picasso, 28 novembre 1953 au 2 février 1954," Verve, nos. 29-30, Vallauris, September 1952, illustrated n.p.
Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1953 à 1955, vol. 16, Paris, 1965, no. 176, illustrated pl. 58
The Picasso Project, Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture. The Fifties I, 1950-1955, San Francisco, 2000, no. 54-076, illustrated p. 189

Condition

Generally good condition; work is laid down on an acidic backboard; the sheet is somewhat t.mes -stained and a slight mat burn is visible at edges about one-half inch in. Some fibers in the paper have darkened slightly over t.mes , there are four scatteres fox spots; the ink wash is very strong.
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