Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Broc et verre

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Broc et verre
signed 'Picasso' (upper right); dated and numbered 'V.16.17.4.59.I' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36 1/4 x 28 5/8 in. (92 x 72.7 cm.)
Painted in Vauvenargues on 16-17 April 1959

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Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, by 1962.
Galleria Seno, Milan.
Private collection, Italy, by whom acquired from the above in 1980; sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 1 June 2011, lot 39.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 18, Oeuvres de 1958 à 1959, Paris, 1967, no. 442, n.p. (illustrated pl. 130).

Exhibited
Barcelona, Sala Gaspar, Picasso: 30 cuadros inéditos, 1917-1960, November - December 1960, ex. cat.
Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris, Picasso: Peintures (Vauvenargues, 1959-1961), January - February 1962, no. 11, n.p. (illustrated n.p.).
Shanghai, Global Harbour Museum, The Legend of Art: Picasso, October 2015 - January 2016, no. 4, p. 41 (illustrated).