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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 7, 2024 | Christie's | London | 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale | 68 | $****** - ****** | Scène de cirque | |||
Nov 13, 2021 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale | 543 | $****** - ****** | Scène de cirque | |||
Nov 14, 2015 | Christie's | New York | IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN WORKS ON PAPER | 1112 | $****** - ****** | Scène de cirque | |||
Jun 25, 2015 | Sotheby's | London | Impressionist & Modern Day Sale (including Picasso, Earth & Fire: Unique Ceramics from the Collection of Marina Picasso) | 314 | $****** - ****** | Scène De Cirque | |||
Nov 4, 2004 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper | 152 | $****** - ****** | Scene de cirque |
Works on Paper
23.8 x 30.8 cm (9.38 x 12.13 in)
coloured wax crayons and pencil on paper
signed, dated and numbered "Picasso 22.9.68.I" (lower centre); dated again "Dimanche 22.9.68." (on the reverse)
Galerie Louise Leiris [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler], Paris.
Private collection, Palm Beach, by whom acquired circa 1970; estate sale, Christie"s, New York, 4 November 2004, lot 152.
Private collection, Barcelona, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Christie"s, New York, 13 November 2015, lot 1112.
Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie"s, New York, 13 November 2021, lot 543.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso , vol. 27, Œuvres de 1967 et 1968, Paris, 1973, no. 299 (illustrated pl. 118).
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Scène de cirque
signed, dated and numbered "Picasso 22.9.68.I" (lower centre); dated again "Dimanche 22.9.68." (on the reverse)
coloured wax crayons and pencil on paper
9 3/8 x 12 1/8 in. (24 x 31.3 cm.)
Drawn in Mougins on 22 September 1968