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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 17, 2023 | Sotheby's | New York | Modern Day Auction | 241 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | Vera Nemtchinova et Félix dansant |
Works on Paper
31.1 x 24.1 cm (12.25 x 9.5 in)
pencil on paper
signed Picasso (lower left)
Paul Rosenberg, Paris
James Kirkman Gallery, London
Marlborough-Godard Gallery, Toronto
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Heisey, Toronto (acquired by 1979)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Winnipeg Art Gallery; Calgary, Glenbow-Alberta Institute; Vancouver Art Gallery; The Edmonton Art Gallery and Toronto, Mira Godard Gallery, Picasso-A Selection of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings (1902-1972) , 1978-1979, no. 2, illustrated
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Picasso at Large in Toronto Collections , 1988, no. 23
Douglas Cooper, Picasso et le théâtre , Paris 1968, p. 156
Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Supplément aux années 1914 à 1919 , vol. XXIX, Paris 1975, no. 375, pl. 147, illustrated
Federico Sopeña Ibañez, Picasso y la Música , Madrid 1982, p. 75
Douglas Cooper, Picasso Theatre, New York 1987, p. 156
Exh. Cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Picasso Le Tricorne: Dessins pour le décor et les costumes du ballet de Manuel de Falla , 1992, p. 24
Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso: Dels ballets al drama (1917-1926) , Barcelona 1999, pp. III and 479
John Richardson, A Life of Picasso. Volume III: The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932 , New York 2007, p. 116, illustrated
Property from a Canadian Estate
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Vera Nemtchinova et Félix dansant
signed Picasso (lower left)
pencil on paper
12¼ by 9½ in.
31 by 24 cm.
Executed in London in 1919.
