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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 13, 2019 | Sotheby's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale | 342 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | HOMME À LA GUITARE (ÉTUDE POUR UNE SCULPTURE) |
Works on Paper
21 x 13.3 cm (8.27 x 5.24 in)
Pen and ink on paper
Estate of the artist
Marina Picasso (the artist’s granddaughter; acquired from the above)
Venice, Centro di Cultura di Palazzo Grassi, Picasso, Opere dal 1895 al 1971 dalla Collezione Marina Picasso, 1981, no. 98
Munich, Haus der Kunst & traveling, Collection Marina Picasso, 1981-82, no. 82
Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art & Kyoto, Municipal Museum, Picasso: Masterpieces from Marina Picasso Collection and from Museums in U.S.A. and U.S.S.R., 1983, no. 69, illustrated in the catalogue
Barcelona, Fundació Caixa de Barcelona, Picasso Cubista 1907-1920, Colección Marina Picasso, 1987, no. 38, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Cubist Works from the Marina Picasso Collection, 1987, no. 29, illustrated in the catalogue
Tokyo, Seibu Art Forum & Ohtsu, Seibu Hall, Pablo Picasso, Collection Marina Picasso, 1990-91, no. 37, illustrated in the catalogue
Schwerin, Staatliches Museum, Pablo Picasso, Der Reiz der Fläche/The Appeal of Surface, 1999, no. 31, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Picasso Guitars 1912-1914, 2011, no. 59, illustrated in the catalogue
Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Supplement aux années 1910 à 1913, vol. XXVIII, Paris, 1974, no. 128, illustrated pl. 66
Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso Cubism 1907-1917, New York, 1990, no. 781, illustrated p. 279
Picassos Surrealismus, Werke 1925-1937 (exhibition catalogue), Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, 1991, no. 56a, illustrated p. 331
Picasso Sculptor/Painter (exhibition catalogue), Tate Gallery, London, 1994, no. 19, illustrated p. 190
Pen and ink on paper
8 1/4 by 5 1/4 in.
21 by 13.3 cm
Executed in 1912.
