PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Courses de taureaux

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Courses de taureaux
dated and inscribed Boisgeloup 24 juillet xxxiv- (verso)
pencil on paper
25,7 x 34,3 cm. (10 1⁄8 x 13 ½ in.)
Drawn in Boisgeloup on 24 July 1934

Provenance
The artist's estate.
Marina Picasso (b. 1950), Paris; by descent from the above.
Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie., Geneva (no. JK 2862); on consignment from the above.
Acquired from the above in April 1980; then by descent to the present owners.

Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 8, Œuvres de 1932 à 1937, Paris, 1957, no. 217 (ill. pl. 100).
S. Goeppert & H.C. Goeppert-Frank, Minotauromachy by Pablo Picasso, Geneva, 1987, p. 25 (ill.; titled 'Bullfights - Courses de taureaux').
H.B. Chipp, Picasso's Guernica: History, Transformations, Meanings, London, 1989, no. 5.3, p. 26 (ill.; titled 'Furious Bull Goring Horse').
L. Ullmann, Picasso und der Krieg, Bonn, 1993, no. 63, pp. 48-49 (ill.; titled 'Stier, ein Pferd Ausweidend').
J. Clair (ed.), Picasso Érotique, exh. cat., Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2001, p. 115 (ill.; titled 'Bull and Horse').
B. Léal, C. Piot & M.-L. Bernadac, The Ultimate Picasso, New York, 2003, no. 705, pp. 286, 290 (ill.) & 526 (titled 'Bull and Horse').
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: From the Minotaur to Guernica (1927-1939), Barcelona, 2011, no. 643, p. 197 (ill.) & 439 (titled 'Bull and Horse').