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HIDDEN GEMS: THE COLLECTION OF DR. THOMAS CHUA
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Le Mendiant
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Le Mendiant
signed 'Picasso' (lower left)
pen and India ink and pencil on paper
12 ¼ x 4 ¾ in. (31.1 x 12.2 cm.)
Drawn in 1903-1904
Le Mendiant
signed 'Picasso' (lower left)
pen and India ink and pencil on paper
12 ¼ x 4 ¾ in. (31.1 x 12.2 cm.)
Drawn in 1903-1904
Provenance
Mme Fouet Godon d'Albers, Armeau.
Perls Galleries, New York.
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York (by 1939); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 8 April 1964, lot 7.
Fritz Katz, New York; Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 19 November 1986, lot 49.
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva (acquired at the above sale); sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 March 1988, lot 12.
Acquired by the late owner, August 1988.
Perls Galleries, New York.
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York (by 1939); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 8 April 1964, lot 7.
Fritz Katz, New York; Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 19 November 1986, lot 49.
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva (acquired at the above sale); sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 March 1988, lot 12.
Acquired by the late owner, August 1988.
Literature
A.H. Barr, Jr., Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art, New York, 1946, p. 114 (illustated; dated circa 1919-1921).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1970, vol. 22, no. 108 (illustrated, pl. 36).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1970, vol. 22, no. 108 (illustrated, pl. 36).
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; The Art Institute of Chicago; St. Louis Art Museum and Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Picasso: Forty Years of His Art, November 1939-May 1940, p. 35, no. 22 (illustrated; dated circa 1903).
Richmond, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., January-May 1941, p. 112, no. 195 (titled Old Beggar; dated 1903).
Richmond, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., January-May 1941, p. 112, no. 195 (titled Old Beggar; dated 1903).