Tête mandoline

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Tête mandoline
signed 'Picasso' (lower left) and dated '29 Mars 1925' (upper left)
brush and India ink over pencil on card
4 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. (10.5 x 13.6 cm.)
Painted on 29 March 1925

Provenance

Galerie Simon, Paris.
Private collection, Venezuela; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 11 October 1961, lot 11.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.

Literature

C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1952, vol. 5, no. 412 (illustrated, pl. 165).
The Picasso Project, ed., Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: Toward Surrealism 1925-1929, San Francisco, 1996, p. 14, no. 25-049 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

The present work was painted on the reverse of an old invitation sent out by La Société des Amateurs d'Art et Collectionneurs to the opening reception for the Salon de la folle enchère, held on 15 November 1923.

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