Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Tête d'homme

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Tête d'homme
signed, dated, and inscribed 'Pour André Bloc son ami Picasso le 19.5.60.' (upper center)
colored wax crayons on paper
12 ¼ x 9 3/8 in. (31.1 x 23.6 cm.)
Drawn on 19 May 1960

Provenance

André Bloc, Paris (acquired from the artist).
Art Point Gallery, Tokyo.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987.

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Lot Essay

Maya Widmaier-Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

The present work was drawn on the frontispiece of the book Portraits de Picasso by Jacques Prévert published in 1959. The first owner, André Bloc, was a French sculptor and founder of the journal L'architecture d'aujourd'hui.

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