Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Figure (de femme inspirée par la guerre d’Espagne)

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Figure (de femme inspirée par la guerre d’Espagne)
inscribed 'RETRATO DE LA MARQUESA DE CULO CRISTIANO ECHANDOLES UN DURO A LOS SOLDADOS MOROS DEFENSORES DE LA VIRGEN' (upper left)
oil on canvas
15 x 18 1/8 in. (38.4 x 46 cm.)
Painted in 1937

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Provenance
Dora Maar, Paris (gift from the artist); Estate sale, Piasa, Paris, 27 October 1998, lot 23.
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie., Geneva (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008.

Pre-Lot Text
Property of a gentleman

Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1957, vol. 8, no. 375 (illustrated, pl. 182).
M.-L. Bernadac and C. Piot, Picasso écrits, Paris, 1989, p. 76 (illustrated, p. 411).
H.B. Chipp, El Guernica de Picasso: Historia, transformaciones, significado, Barcelona, 1991, pp. 16-17 (illustrated, p. 16, fig. 1.17; titled Retrato de la marquesa de culo cristiano echándoles un duro a los soldados moros, defensores de la Virgen and dated 1937-1938).
J. Alix, Guernica: Historia de un cuadro. Picasso Poesía, Madrid, 1993, p. 59.
L. Ullmann, Picasso un der Krieg, Bielefeld, 1993, pp. 190-191.
J.B. Jimenez and J. Banham, Dictionary of Artists’ Models, London, 2001, p. 335.
V. Combalía, “La maquesa de Picasso” in El País, 17 February 2003 (titled Retrato de la marquesa de culo cristiano echándoles un duro a los soldados moros, defensores de la Virgen).
S. Haro and I. Soto, "El Sueño del compromiso" in Viñetas en el frente, exh. cat., Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 2011, p. 25.
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso del Minotauro al Guernica, 1927-1939, Madrid, 2012, no. 859 (illustrated in color).
M. Minchom, “The truth about Guernica: Picasso and the Lying Press” in The Volunteer, 9 March 2012 (illustrated).
M. Minchom, “El ‘Guernica’ de Picasso y ‘la prensa que miente, la prensa que mata’” in Fronterad revista digital, 19 April 2012 (illustrated in color).
V. Combalía, Dora Maar : Más allá de Picasso, Barcelona, 2013, p. 189 (titled Retrato de la marquesa de culo cristiano echándoles un duro a los soldados moros, defensores de la Virgen).
I. Seisdedos, "El Guernica de Picasso: así se hizo el cuadro más célebre del siglo" in 80 Años del 'Guernia', 3 April 2017 (titled Retrato de la marquesa de culo cristiano echándoles un duro a los soldados moros, defensores de la Virgen).

Exhibited
Venice, Centro di Cultura di Pallazzo Grassi, Opere dal 1898 al 1973 dalla collezione Marina Picasso, May-July 1981.
Rio de Janeiro, Museo de Arte Moderna and Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, Picasso: Años de Guerra, 1937-1945, July-November 1999, p. 122, no. 111 (illustrated).
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie., Pablo Picasso: Métamorphoses, oeuvres de 1898 à 1973 de la collection Marina Picasso, March-June 2001, p. 125, no. 69 (illustrated in color, p. 65).
London, Royal Academy of the Arts and The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Paris: Capital of the Arts, 1900-1968, January-September 2002, p. 232, no. 155 (illustrated in color).
Kunstmuseum Bern, Picasso und die Schweiz, October 2001-January 2002, no. 123 (illustrated in color).
New York, Galerie Jan Krugier, Dietesheim & Cie., 2002.
Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Picasso de la caricatura a las metamorfosis de estilo, February-May 2003, p. 169, no. 178 (illustrated in color; titled Figure of a Woman Inspired by the Spanish Civil War ('Portrait of the Marquesa with a Christian Arse...')).
Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Picasso: Guerra y paz, May-September 2004, p. 85, no. 9 (illustrated in color).
Paris, Galerie Bellier, Picasso: L’oeil, la main, le génie, oeuvres sur papier, sculptures, céramiques, tableaux, September-December 2004, p. 28 (illustrated in color).
Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, The Spanish Portrait: From El Greco to Picasso, October 2004-February 2005, p. 208.
New York, Richard L. Feigen & Co., Beckmann-Picasso/Picasso-Beckmann, October 2004-January 2005.
Arles, Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso: Portraits d’Arlésiennes, 1912-1958, June-August 2005, pp. 60 and 164 (illustrated in color and detail illustrated in color, fig. I; titled Figure de femme inspirée par la guerre d’Espagne (Portrait de la marquise au cul chrétien)).
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria and Paris, Musée Picasso, Picasso: Guerra y Paz, June-October 2006, p. 85, no. 9 (illustrated in color).
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth and History, November 2006-March 2007, p. 208 (illustrated in color, p. 209).
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Das Ewige Auge—von Rembrandt bis Picasso, Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, July-October 2007, p. 398, no. 191 (illustrated in color).
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofi´a, Pity and Terror: Picasso's Path to Guernica, April-September 2017, p. 188 (illustrated in color, p. 143).