Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Tête de fou

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Tête de fou
signed 'PICASSO' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 15 7/8 in. (40.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1905; this example cast before 1939

Provenance

Galerie Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Lucien Vollard, Paris, by whom acquired from the above.
Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired from the above in 1948.
Anonymous sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 23 June 2000, lot 115.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the late owner in 2007.

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION