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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 16, 2023 | Sotheby's | New York | Modern Evening Auction | 101 | $****** - ****** | Saltimbanque accoudé |
Works on Paper
16.5 x 10.5 cm (6.5 x 4.13 in)
watercolor and brush and ink on paper
signed Picasso and dated 22 (lower right); dated 26 Decembre 1922 (on the verso )
Paul Guillaume, Paris (acquired before 1929)
Jacques Seligmann, New York (acquired from the above)
Thomas C. Adler, Cincinnati (acquired from the above on 9 June 1937)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Waldemar George, La Grande Peinture Contemporaine à la Collection Paul Guiilaume , Paris, 1929, p. 130, illustrated (titled Saltimbanque and with the medium as gouache)
Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso , vol. V, Paris, 1954, no. 11, pl. 5, illustrated (dated winter 1922-23)
Douglas Cooper, Picasso Theater , New York, 1968, no. 305, n.p., illustrated (titled Young Man Seated and dated 1922-23)
Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso: From the Ballets to the Drama (1917-1926) , Barcelona and Cologne, 1999, no. 1301, p. 355, illustrated (titled Seated Harlequin Leaning Back )
Property from the Collection of Thomas C. Adler and Family
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Saltimbanque accoudé
signed Picasso and dated 22 (lower right); dated 26 Decembre 1922 (on the verso )
watercolor and brush and ink on paper
6 ½ by 4 ⅛ in. 16.5 by 10.5 cm.
Executed on 26 December 1922.
