Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Tête de femme
signed 'Picasso' (lower left) and dated '3.3.40.' (center right)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
25 3/8 x 18 in. (64.5 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in Royan on 3 March 1940.

Provenance
Galerie Pierre (Pierre Loeb), Paris and Havana (by 1942, and until at least 1946).
Nina and Gordon Bunshaft, New York.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (gift from the above, 4 December 1957 and until 1968).
Patricia Withofs, London.
Viktor and Marianne Langen, Meerbusch, Germany.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Private collection (acquired from the above, August 1988); sale, Christie's, New York, 12 November 2015, lot 3C.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.