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Tête de femme (de profil)
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Tête de femme (de profil)
signed in pencil (lower right), inscribed 'Pour mon ami Bernard Geiser' in black crayon (lower margin)
linocut in colours,1959, on Arches wove paper, a proof from the fourth state (of five), aside from the edition of fifty (there were also approximately twenty artist’s proofs), published by Galerie Louise Leiris, 1960
block: 25 1⁄8 x 21 in. (640 x 533 mm.)
sheet: 29 3⁄8 x 24 ½ in. (746 x 621 mm.)
Tête de femme (de profil)
signed in pencil (lower right), inscribed 'Pour mon ami Bernard Geiser' in black crayon (lower margin)
linocut in colours,1959, on Arches wove paper, a proof from the fourth state (of five), aside from the edition of fifty (there were also approximately twenty artist’s proofs), published by Galerie Louise Leiris, 1960
block: 25 1⁄8 x 21 in. (640 x 533 mm.)
sheet: 29 3⁄8 x 24 ½ in. (746 x 621 mm.)
Provenance
Dr. Bernhard Geiser (art historian and author of the catalogue of Picasso's early graphic work); a gift from the artist (according to the dedication).
Christie's, London, 2 April 2008, lot 256.
Connaught Brown, London.
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2009.
Christie's, London, 2 April 2008, lot 256.
Connaught Brown, London.
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2009.
Literature
G. Bloch, Pablo Picasso Tome 1: Catalogue de l’œuvre gravé et lithographié 1904 – 1967, Kornfeld & Klipstein, Berne, Germany, 1984, no. 905, p. 198 (another proof illustrated).
Baer, Picasso Peintre-Graveur, Tome V 1959 -1965., Kornfeld, Berne, Germany, 1989, no. 1246, IV B., pp. 297-299 (another proof illustrated).
The Classical Now!, King's College London, London, 2015, p. 181.
Baer, Picasso Peintre-Graveur, Tome V 1959 -1965., Kornfeld, Berne, Germany, 1989, no. 1246, IV B., pp. 297-299 (another proof illustrated).
The Classical Now!, King's College London, London, 2015, p. 181.
Exhibited
Picasso-Linocuts, Connaught Brown, London, 7 March 2009 - 13 April 2009.
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA70MA).
Mythes et Héroes, Espace Culturel, Mougins, France, 14 April 2012 - 28 May 2012.
Picasso, Les Chemins du Sud, From Cannes to Vallauris, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 1 July 2012 - 30 September 2012.
Picasso à Mougins, Espace Culturel, Mougins, France, 28 March 2013 - 12 May 2013.
Picasso, The classical legacy, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 5 July 2013 - 29 September 2013.
The Classical Now!, King's College London, London, 2 March 2018 - 29 April 2018.
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA70MA).
Mythes et Héroes, Espace Culturel, Mougins, France, 14 April 2012 - 28 May 2012.
Picasso, Les Chemins du Sud, From Cannes to Vallauris, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 1 July 2012 - 30 September 2012.
Picasso à Mougins, Espace Culturel, Mougins, France, 28 March 2013 - 12 May 2013.
Picasso, The classical legacy, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 5 July 2013 - 29 September 2013.
The Classical Now!, King's College London, London, 2 March 2018 - 29 April 2018.
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Claudio Corsi
Specialist, Head of Department