PERSONNAGES, Pablo Picasso

1881 - 1973

signed Picasso and dated 29 (lower right)
oil on canvas
33 by 41cm.
13 by 16 1/8 in.
Painted on 19th May 1929.

Provenance:
Alphonse Kann, St. Germain-en-Laye

Looted from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) in June 1940

Transferred to the Jeu de Paume, Paris (inv. no. KA 1078, titled 3 Akrobaten)

Scheduled for transfer to Nikolsburg, Austria on 1st August 1944, but the shipment never left Paris

Restituted to Alphonse Kann on 11th July 1947

M. Boucheron, Paris (sold: Palais Galliera, Paris, 12th December 1962, lot 58)

Berggruen & Cie., Paris (purchased at the above sale)

Galleria Levi, Milan

Galleria Gissi, Turin

Private Collection, Milan

Private Collection, USA

Acquired by the present owner in 2009