Portrait d'Edwin Evans

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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Portrait d'Edwin Evans
signed, dated and inscribed 'A Monsieur Evans Picasso Londres 1919' (upper right)
pen and ink on paper
12 3/4 x 8 in. (32.5 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in London in 1919

Provenance

Edwin Evans, London, a gift from the artist in 1919.
The Royal Philharmonic Society, London, a gift from the above.

Literature

C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 29, Supplément aux années 1914-1919, Paris, 1975, no. 412, n.p. (illustrated pl. 157; with incorrect medium & dimensions).
D. Cooper, Picasso Theatre, London, 1968, no. 141, p. 345 (illustrated n.p.; with incorrect dimensions).

Exhibited

London, The British Museum, on loan 1991-2001.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

Edwin Evans (1871-1945) was the music critic for Pall Mall Gazette from 1912 to 1923. Evans had a passion for Sergei Diaghilev, the Impresario behind the Ballets Russes, and Igor Stravinsky, the composer with whom he collaborated on some of his most iconic productions. In 1919, Evans met and befriended Pablo Picasso when the artist was visiting London with the Ballet Russes. Evans wrote an important series of essays, notably on the ballets The Firebird and Petrushka.

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