Lot Essay
The negative for this image, as well as an uncropped variant, reside in the collection of the Centre Pompidou, Paris (there dated 1925).
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Pablo Picasso, c. 1924
Details
MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Pablo Picasso, c. 1924
gelatin silver print
signed, dated '1924' and numbered 'no 6' in pencil, stamped 'Man Ray/31 bis rue Campagne-Première / Paris XIVe' credit [Manford M28] and Paris ADAGP copyright stamp [Manford M30] and variously numbered in pencil/green crayon (verso)
image/sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. (28.3 x 22.2 cm.)
Pablo Picasso, c. 1924
gelatin silver print
signed, dated '1924' and numbered 'no 6' in pencil, stamped 'Man Ray/31 bis rue Campagne-Première / Paris XIVe' credit [Manford M28] and Paris ADAGP copyright stamp [Manford M30] and variously numbered in pencil/green crayon (verso)
image/sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. (28.3 x 22.2 cm.)
Provenance
The estate of the artist;
acquired from the above by Robert Miller Gallery, New York, 1981;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981.
acquired from the above by Robert Miller Gallery, New York, 1981;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981.
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