Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Femme se coiffant

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme se coiffant
signed ‘Picasso’ (lower left); dated and numbered ‘3.1.56. II’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
32 x 25 3/4 in. (81.2 x 65.3 cm.)
Painted on 3 January 1956

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Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 07162).
Galeria Maison Bernard, Caracas.
Ruth & Mauricio Kramer, New York; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 16 November 1989, lot 348.
Acquired at the above sale; sale Christie’s, New York, 19 November 1998, lot 347.
Private collection, United States, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie’s, New York, 2 May 2006, lot 45.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION

Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 17, Oeuvres de 1956 à 1957, Paris, 1966, no. 3, n.p. (illustrated pl. 3).