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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 | 243 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | Le Joueur de clarinette |
Works on Paper
25.7 x 33 cm (10.13 x 13 in)
pen and ink, brush and ink and ink wash on paper
signed Picasso and dated Paris 13 Octobre 17 Novembre XXXII (lower left)
André Level, Paris,
Private Collection, Paris (acquired by descent from the above)
Sotheby's, Paris, 3 June 2010, lot 7 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
New York, Hammer Galleries, Modern Masters II , 2011
Monaco, Grimaldi Forum, Picasso dans la Collection Nahmad , 2013, pp. 50 and 64-65, illustrated
New York, Hammer Galleries, The Modern Muse , 2014, p. 57, illustrated
Paris, Musée Picasso, Picasso 1932. Année érotique , 2017, p. 186
London, Tate Modern, The EY Exhibition: Picasso 1932 - Love, Fame, Tragedy, 2018, p. 214, illustrated
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Picasso, Seven Decades of Drawing , 2021, p. 148, pl. 45, illustrated
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Le Joueur de clarinette
signed Picasso and dated Paris 13 Octobre 17 Novembre XXXII (lower left)
pen and ink, brush and ink and ink wash on paper
10⅛ by 13 in.
25.8 by 33 cm.
Executed in Paris on 13 October-17 November 1932.
Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
