Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Femme accroupie (Jacqueline)

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme accroupie (Jacqueline)
dated '8.10.54.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
57 ½ x 44 7/8 in. (146 x 114 cm.)
Painted on 8 October 1954

Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, before 1988.

Pre-Lot Text
Property of a Distinguished Private Collector

Literature
D.D. Duncan, Picasso's Picassos, London, 1961, p. 246 (illustrated).
Cahiers d'Art, 1965, no. 329 (illustrated, pl. 117).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1965, vol. 16, no. 329 (illustrated, pl. 117).
L. Wertenbaker, The World of Picasso, New York, 1967, p. 166 (partially illustrated in color in situ in the artist's studio).
D.D. Duncan, Goodbye Picasso, New York, 1974, p. 43 (partially illustrated in a photograph).
D.D. Duncan, Viva Picasso: A Centennial Celebration, 1881-1981, New York, 1980, pp. 4, 23 and 46 (partially illustrated in situ in the artist's studio).
J. Prévert, Portraits de Picasso, Milan, 1981 (partially illustrated in situ in the artist's studio, pp. 29, 52 and 61; partially illustrated again in color in situ in the artist's studio, p. 50).
ARTnews, January 1983, vol. 82, no. 1 (partially illustrated in color in situ in the artist's studio on the front cover and again on the table of contents).
D.D. Duncan, Picasso: Jacqueline, New York, 1988, pp. 104, 144, 150 and 152 (illustrated in situ in the artist's studio, p. 104; partially illustrated again in situ in the artist's studio, pp. 144, 150 and 152).
E. Cowling, Visiting Picasso: The Notebooks and Letters of Roland Penrose, New York, 2006, p. 185 (illustrated in situ in the artist's studio).
J. Fineberg, D. Leers and B. Rose, Picasso and Jacqueline: The Evolution of Style, exh. cat., Pace Gallery, New York, 2014, p. 71 (illustrated in situ in the artist's studio).

Exhibited
Barcelona, Sala Gaspar, Picasso: 30 cuadros ineditos, 1917-1960, November-December 1960, no. 21.
Paris, Grand Palais, Hommage à Pablo Picasso: Peintures, dessins, sculptures, céramiques, November 1966-February 1967, no. 234 (illustrated; titled Portrait de Jacqueline).
Paris, Galerie Daniel Malingue, Maîtres impressionnistes et modernes, Paris, April-June 1984, no. 15 (illustrated in color).