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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 20, 2012 | Swann Auctions | New York | 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings | 364 | $****** - ****** | Octavio Canals, Dompteur de Chats |
Works on Paper
21 x 13.7 cm (8.27 x 5.39 in)
Pen and dark brown ink and wash on light tan wove paper
Signed and titled in ink, recto
PABLO PICASSO
Octavio Canals, Dompteur de Chats .
Pen and dark brown ink and wash on light tan wove paper, circa 1903. 210x137 mm; 8 1/4x5 1/2 inches. Signed and titled in ink, recto.
Picasso's famous portrait of his friend's wife, fellow artist Ricardo Canals, Portrait Mme. Canals , oil, 1905, is now in the Museu Picasso, Barcelona (Zervos 263). This is a sketch Picasso made of the artist's son, Octavio, playing with a pet cat.
With a photograph authentication by Maya Picasso, Paris, dated April 19, 2011.
