PABLO PICASSO | DRAPEAU RÉPUBLIQUE ESPAGNOLE/FRANÇAISE - RECTO | SANS TITRE - VERSO

PABLO PICASSO (1881 - 1973)
DRAPEAU RÉPUBLIQUE ESPAGNOLE/FRANÇAISE - RECTO
SANS TITRE - VERSO

dated 1er novembre 44 - recto and verso
watercolour and pencil on paper - recto
pencil on paper - verso
Sheet: 30 by 40.5cm., 11¾ by 16in.
Framed: 49.5 by 60cm., 19½ by 23⅝in.
Executed on 1st November 1944 - recto and verso

Condition Report:
Executed on cream coloured wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is affixed to a window mount at the upper left and upper right corners of its verso, so both sides are visible. The top edge is lightly deckled. '3552', '708', '2 14-41' and '55' inscribed by another hand on the recto. '3554' inscribed by another hand on the verso. Two small flattened creases extend across the lower right corner. Some scattered studio transference throughout the sheet on both recto and verso. A 2cm. long stain to the upper left corner of the verso, with some corresponding pindot stains on the upper right corner of the recto. Otherwise, fine. This work is in overall very good condition.

Provenance:
Estate of the artist

Marina Picasso (the artist’s granddaughter; acquired from the above)