Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Courtisanes et toreros

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Courtisanes et toreros
dated ‘16.8.59.’ (upper right); dated again and inscribed ‘Domingo 16. 17. Aôut 59.’ (on the reverse)
brush and India ink and grey wash on paper
19 3/4 x 25 7/8 in. (50.2 x 65.7 cm.)
Executed on 16-17 August 1959

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Provenance
The artist’s estate.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 30 March 1988, lot 401.
Acquavella Galleries, New York.
Patricia Phelps de Cisneros collection, Caracas, by whom acquired from the above in 1988; sale, Christie’s, New York, 3 November 2009, lot 12.
Acquavella Galleries, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 2012.

Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 19, Oeuvres de 1959 à 1961, Paris, 1968, no. 52, n.p. (illustrated pl. 12).
Exh. cat., Picasso Looks at Degas, New Haven & London, 2010, fig. 257, n.p. (illustrated).

Exhibited
Paris, Petit Palais, Hommage à Pablo Picasso, Dessins, Sculptures, Céramiques, November 1966 - February 1967, no. 183, n.p. (illustrated n.p.).