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La Couseuse (The Seamstress) by Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

La Couseuse (The Seamstress), 1905

Black conté crayon and charcoal on paper
60.6 x 47.6 cm (23.88 x 18.75 in)
Works on Paper
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, Hong Kong (25 May 2021)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
May 25, 2021
Christie'sHong Kong20th and 21st Century Art Morning Session133
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La Couseuse (The Seamstress)
May 8, 2014
Sotheby'sNew YorkImpressionist & Modern Art Day Sale322
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La Couseuse (The Seamstress)
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Artwork Description
Category

Works on Paper

Dimensions

60.6 x 47.6 cm (23.88 x 18.75 in)

Materials

black conté crayon and charcoal on paper

Provenance

The artist's estate

Marina Picasso, Paris, by descent from the above

Jan Krugier, Geneva, by whom acquired from the above, Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2014, lot 322

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Grand Palais, Dessins, Sculptures, Céramiques, November 1966 - February 1967, 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, May - July 1981, no. 55, p. 190 (illustrated, dated '1906').

Munich, Haus der Kunst, Pablo Picasso, Sammlung Marina Picasso, February - April 1981, no. 44, p. 228 (illustrated), this exhibition later travelled to Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, August - October 1981 and Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie, October 1981 - January 1982.

Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art, Picasso, Masterpieces from Marina Picasso Collection and from Museums in U.S.A and U.S.S.R, April - May 1983, no. 27, p. 191 (illustrated), this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, Municipal Museum, June - July 1983.

Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio González, Picasso Dibujos 1899-1917, February - April 1989, no. 17, p. 86 (illustrated n.p., dated '1905-1906').

Barcelona, Museo Picasso, Picasso 1905-1906: From The Rose Period to the Ochres of Gósol, February - April 1992, no. 186, p. 357 (illustrated n.p., dated '1906'), this exhibition later travelled to Bern, Kunsthmuseum, May - June 1992.

Literature

P. Daix &, G. Boudaille, Picasso: The Blue and Rose Periods, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1900-1906, London, 1967, no. A.21, p. 344 (illustrated, dated 'Summer-Autumn 1906').

C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, supplément aux années 1903-1906, vol. 22, Paris, 1970, no. 329, n.p. (illustrated pl. 118).

J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: Life and Work of The Early Years 1881-1907, New York, 1981, no. 1343, p. 552 (illustrated p. 469, dated 'Summer 1906').