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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 30, 2021 | Christie's | London | 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale | 8 | $****** - ****** | L'Étreinte |
paintings
113.7 x 146.1 cm (44.75 x 57.5 in)
oil on canvas
Private collection, by whom acquired before 1973.
Allan F. Andersen, Virum, Denmark.
Acquired from the above in 1998, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Avignon, Palais des Papes, Pablo Picasso, 1969-1970, May - September 1970, no. 101, n.p. (illustrated; titled ‘Couple’).
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, on long-term loan, 1981-1997.
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Le dernier Picasso: 1953-1973, February - May 1988, no. 64, pp. 259 & n.p. (illustrated n.p.); this exhibition later travelled to London, Tate Gallery, Late Picasso: Paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints, 1953-1972, June - September 1988, no. 48, p. 274 (illustrated p. 209; titled ‘Couple’).
Caracas, Centro Cultural Consolidado, 5 Grandes de España: Picasso, Gris, González, Dalí, Miró , August - October 1992, no. 6, pp. 56-57 (illustrated).
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Eröffnungsausstellung , October 2004 - February 2005, no. 59, p. 101 (illustrated).
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Bilderwechsel , February - June 2005.
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Picasso: Von Mougins nach Baden-Baden, Der späte Picasso, September 2005 - January 2006, p. 57 (illustrated).
Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen, Picasso, Malen gegen die Zeit, February - May 2007, no. 120, p. 161 (illustrated; titled ‘Das Paar’ and with incorrect dimensions).
Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Un cos sense límits, October 2007 - January 2008.
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Böhmen liegt am Meer, Aus der Sammlung Frieder Burda , May - June 2008.
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Die Bilder tun was mit mir: Einblicke in die Sammlung Frieder Burda, March - June 2010, p. 70 (illustrated).
Berlin, Galerie Céline und Heiner Bastian, Picasso: Die Freiheit der späten Werke, February - April 2011, no. 12, pp. 45 & 71 (illustrated).
Tubingen, Kunsthalle, Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso & Co., 40 Jahre Kunsthalle Tübingen und Götz Adriani, September 2011 - January 2012, pp. 124-125 (illustrated).
Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne, Frauen: Picasso, Beckmann, de Kooning, March - July 2012, no. 40, pp. 160 & 319 (illustrated pp. 161-163; titled 'Le couple' and with incorrect dimensions).
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, 40/10 40 Jahre Sammlung, 10 Jahre Museum Frieder Burda , July - October 2014, p. 70 (illustrated).
Madrid, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Picasso/Lautrec , October 2017 - January 2018, no. 112, pp. 225 & 237 (illustrated p. 225; illustrated again p. 237; titled ‘The Couple’ and iwth incorrect dimensions).
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Ensemble: Centre Pompidou-Museum Frieder Burda , April - September 2019, pp. 172-173 (illustrated).
R. Alberti, A Year of Picasso Paintings: 1969 , New York, 1971, no. 95, p. 219 (illustrated pl. 95; titled ‘Couple’).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso , vol. 31, Oeuvres de 1969 , Paris, 1976, no. 474, n.p. (illustrated pl. 143).
P. Sollers, Picasso, le héros, Barcelona, 1996, no. 67, pp. 119 & 129 (illustrated p. 119).
L. Morell, 'Det er nu eller aldrig', in Billedkunst, vol. 5, no. 3, Silkeborg, October 1997, p. 22 (illustrated).
W. Spies, ed., Pablo Picasso, Die zwei Geschwindigkeiten im Spätwek , exh. cat., Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, 2004, p. 7 (illustrated).
D. Widmaier Picasso, Picasso: ‘Art Can Only Be Erotic’ , Munich, 2005, p. 141 (illustrated p. 119; titled ‘Couple’).
P.-M. Gaede, Geo Themenlexikon , vol. 14, Philosophie: Ideen, Denker, Visionen , Mannheim, 2006, p. 307 (illustrated).
Zeit Kulturbibliothek in 5 Bänden, vol. 5, Malerei, Mannheim, 2008, p. 822 (illustrated).
U. Rosner, Der grosse Brockhaus in einem Band, Mannheim, 2008, p. 673 (illustrated).
Der Brockhaus Philosophie: Ideen, Denker und Begriffe, Mannheim, 2009, p. 375 (illustrated).
G. Adriani, ed., Unternehmer, Kunst, Sammler, private Museen in Baden-Württemberg , Stuttgart, 2009, p. 49 (illustrated).
Exh. cat., Chefs-d’oeuvre du musée Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden , Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, 2012, p. 177 (illustrated; titled ‘Le Couple’).
Exh. cat., Picasso, L’oeuvre ultime, Hommage à Jacqueline , Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, 2016, no. 38, pp. 105 & 251 (illustrated p. 105; titled 'Le Couple' and with incorrect dimensions).
Stiftung Frieder Burda, ed., Ensemble: Centre Pompidou-Museum Frieder Burda , exh. cat., Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, 2019, pp. 172-173 (illustrated; titled 'Le couple').
B. Schoog, Von Mougins nach Baden-Baden, Frieder Burda und die Kunst , Berlin, 2019, no. 56 (illustrated).
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
L'Étreinte
signed ‘Picasso’ (lower centre); dated ’23.10.69.’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
44 ¾ x 57 ½ in. (113.6 x 146 cm.)
Painted in Mougins on 23 October 1969
