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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Composition , 1933 (Executed)
Lot #13 |
2019-06-18 |
Christie's, London
Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
Category:
Painting, Works on Paper
Estimate:
GBP 400,000 - 600,000 (currency of sale)
USD 510,800 - 766,200 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Christie's
Auction number: 17191
Auction name: Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2019-06-18
End date: 2019-06-18
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century European Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (40.2 x 50.5 cm.)
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
40.2
Width In Centimeters:
50.5
Height In Inches:
15.875
Width In Inches:
19.6875
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Year notes: Executed in Cannes on 15 July 1933.
Provenance
Provenance<br> <br> <br> <br> Galerie Louise Leiris (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris.<br> <br> Dr Nahum Goldmann, Jerusalem, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 15 May 1985, lot 227.<br> <br> Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7 May 2003, lot 337.<br> <br> Acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 3 December 2008, lot 27.<br> <br> Acquired at the above sale.
Literature
Literature<br> <br> <br> <br> C. Zervos,<br> <br> Pablo Picasso,<br> <br> vol. 8,<br> <br> Oeuvres de 1932 à 1937,<br> <br> Paris, 1957, no. 116, n.p. (illustrated pl. 50).<br> <br> <br> <br> R. Penrose & J. Golding, eds.,<br> <br> Picasso in Retrospect,<br> <br> New York, 1973, no. 181, pp. 108 & 277 (illustrated p. 108).<br> <br> <br> <br> U. Weisner, ed.,<br> <br> Picassos Surrealismus, Werke 1925-1937,<br> <br> exh. cat., Kunsthalle, Bielefeld, 1991, no. 67a, p. 335 (illustrated; titled ‘Composition surréaliste’).<br> <br> <br> <br> B. Léal, C. Piot & M.-L. Bernadac,<br> <br> Picasso Total, 1881-1973,<br> <br> Barcelona, 2000, p. 283 (illustrated fig. 682, p. 282; titled ‘Composición surrealista’).<br> <br> <br> <br> J. Palau i Fabre,<br> <br> Picasso: From the Minotaur to Guernica (1927-1939),<br> <br> Barcelona, 2011, pp. 158 & 436 (illustrated fig. 494, p. 158).<br> <br> M. McCully, M. Raeburn & J.-L. Andral,<br> <br> Picasso: Cote d'Azur,<br> <br> exh. cat., Forum Grimaldi, Monaco, 2013, no. 45, p. 111 (illustrated).
Catalog summary
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Composition signed, dated and inscribed 'Cannes 15 Juillet XXXIII Picasso' (upper right) watercolour and pen and India ink on paper 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (40.2 x 50.5 cm.) Executed in Cannes on 15 July 1933