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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Femme nue de dos et enfant
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Femme nue de dos et enfant
signed 'Picasso' (lower right)
black Conté crayon on coloured paper
9 ½ x 6.5 in. (24 x 16.5 cm.)
Executed in Gósol in 1906
Femme nue de dos et enfant
signed 'Picasso' (lower right)
black Conté crayon on coloured paper
9 ½ x 6.5 in. (24 x 16.5 cm.)
Executed in Gósol in 1906
Provenance
René Gaffé, Brussels.
Roland Penrose, London, by whom acquired from the above in July 1937, through the intermediation of E.L.T.
Mesens, until at least 1940.
Anonymous sale, Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, 29 May 1964, lot 1081.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Roland Penrose, London, by whom acquired from the above in July 1937, through the intermediation of E.L.T.
Mesens, until at least 1940.
Anonymous sale, Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, 29 May 1964, lot 1081.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
P. Daix & G. Boudaille, Picasso 1900-1906, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Neuchâtel, 1966, no. D.XV.1,
p. 310 (illustrated; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: Life and Work of the Early Years, 1881-1907, Oxford, 1981 no. 1276, p. 551
(illustrated p. 455; titled 'Nude Woman, Seen from Behind, with Child'; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 22, Supplément aux années 1903-1906, Paris, 1970, no. 350, n.p. (illustrated
pl. 128; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
p. 310 (illustrated; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: Life and Work of the Early Years, 1881-1907, Oxford, 1981 no. 1276, p. 551
(illustrated p. 455; titled 'Nude Woman, Seen from Behind, with Child'; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 22, Supplément aux années 1903-1906, Paris, 1970, no. 350, n.p. (illustrated
pl. 128; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
Exhibited
London, Zwemmer Gallery, An Exhibition of a Collection of Fifty Drawings by Pablo Picasso, February 1937, n.p..
London, The London Gallery, Picasso: Drawings and Collages, May 1938, no. 3, p. 21 (titled 'Femme et
enfant'; dated '1904' and with incorrect medium).
London, The London Gallery, Picasso in English Collections, May 1939, no. 4, p. 9 (illustrated; titled 'Femme et enfant'; dated '1904'; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
London, The London Gallery, Picasso: Drawings and Collages, May 1938, no. 3, p. 21 (titled 'Femme et
enfant'; dated '1904' and with incorrect medium).
London, The London Gallery, Picasso in English Collections, May 1939, no. 4, p. 9 (illustrated; titled 'Femme et enfant'; dated '1904'; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
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