Pablo Picasso, (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Tête d'homme de face
Tête d'homme de face
signed, dated and numbered '19.2.68.I Picasso' (upper left)
felt-tipped pen and coloured wax crayon on paper
26.6 x 20.8cm (10 1/2 x 8 3/16in).
Executed on 19 February 1968
Provenance
Private collection (acquired circa 1975); their sale, Sotheby's, London, 20 June 2012, lot 311.
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner; their sale, Bonhams, New York, 5 November 2013, lot 72.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Vol. 27, Oeuvres de 1967 et 1968, Paris, 1973, no. 234 (illustrated p. 92).
The Picasso Project (eds.), Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: The Sixties III, 1968 - 1969, San Francisco, 2003, no. 68-066 (illustrated p. 20).
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Tête d'homme de face
Tête d'homme de face
signed, dated and numbered '19.2.68.I Picasso' (upper left)
felt-tipped pen and coloured wax crayon on paper
26.6 x 20.8cm (10 1/2 x 8 3/16in).
Executed on 19 February 1968
Provenance
Private collection (acquired circa 1975); their sale, Sotheby's, London, 20 June 2012, lot 311.
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner; their sale, Bonhams, New York, 5 November 2013, lot 72.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Vol. 27, Oeuvres de 1967 et 1968, Paris, 1973, no. 234 (illustrated p. 92).
The Picasso Project (eds.), Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: The Sixties III, 1968 - 1969, San Francisco, 2003, no. 68-066 (illustrated p. 20).