Lot Essay
Claude Ruiz Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Femme debout
Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme debout
stamped with the foundry mark and numbered 'VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE 9/10' (on the back)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 10¼ in. (26 cm.)
Conceived in 1945 and cast in an edition of 11
Femme debout
stamped with the foundry mark and numbered 'VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE 9/10' (on the back)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 10¼ in. (26 cm.)
Conceived in 1945 and cast in an edition of 11
Provenance
Waddington Galleries, London.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner on 18 December 1995, and thence by descent.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner on 18 December 1995, and thence by descent.
Literature
W. Spies, Picasso. The Sculptures, Stuttgart, 2000, no. 307, p. 407 (illustrated p. 366).
Exhibited
New York, Bucholz Gallery, Pablo Picasso: Recent Work, March - April 1949, no. 49 (illustrated).
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Picasso 75th Anniversary Exhibition, May - September 1957, p. 91 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Chicago, Art Institute, October - December 1957.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Picasso 75th Anniversary Exhibition, May - September 1957, p. 91 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Chicago, Art Institute, October - December 1957.
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