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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 7, 2024 | Sotheby's | London | Modern & Contemporary Day Auction | 107 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | La Couseuse |
Works on Paper
60.5 x 47.5 cm (23.82 x 18.7 in)
conté crayon and charcoal on paper
Estate of the artist
Marina Picasso (the artist"s granddaughter; acquired by descent from the above)
Jan Krugier, Geneva (acquired from the above)
Estate of Jan Krugier, Geneva
Sotheby"s, New York, 8 May 2014, lot 322 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
Christie"s, Hong Kong, 25 May 2021, lot 133
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
Shinoda Bijutsu, Tokyo
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Paris, Grand Palais, Hommage à Pablo Picasso , 1966-67, no. 17, n.p., illustrated (dated 1905 or 1906)
Venice, Centro di Cultura di Palazzo Grassi, Picasso: Opere dal 1895 al 1971 dalla Collezione Marina Picasso , 1981, no. 55, p. 190, illustrated (dated 1906)
Munich, Haus der Kunst; Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle; Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut and Zurich, Kunsthaus, Collection Marina Picasso , 1981-82, no. 44, illustrated
Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art and Kyoto, Municipal Museum, Picasso, Masterpieces from the Marina Picasso Collection and from Museums in the USA and USSR , 1983-84, no. 27, illustrated
Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio González, Picasso Dibujos 1899-1917 , 1989, no. 17, p. 86, illustrated (dated 1905-1906)
Barcelona, Museo Picasso and Bern, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Picasso 1905-1906, 1992, no. 186, illustrated in colour
Pierre Daix and Georges Boudaille, Picasso: The Blue and Rose Periods, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1900-1906 , London, 1967, no. A.21, p. 344, illustrated (dated Summer-Autumn 1906)
Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, supplément aux années 1903-1906 , vol. 22, Paris, 1970, no. 329, pl. 118, illustrated
Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso: Life and Work of The Early Years 1881-1907 , New York, 1981, no. 1343, p. 552, p. 469, illustrated (dated Summer 1906)
Property from a Private Collection, Japan
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
La Couseuse
conté crayon and charcoal on paper
60.5 by 47.5 cm. 23 ⅞ by 18 ⅝ in.
Framed: 87.5 by 74 cm. 34 ½ by 29 ⅛ in.
Executed in Paris in 1905.
