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Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme (Jacqueline)

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Pablo Picasso

1881 - 1973


Tête de femme (Jacqueline)

dated 19.2.61. and with the foundry mark C. Valsuani cire perdue

bronze

height: 26 cm. 10¼ in.

Conceived on 19 February 1961; this example cast by the Valsuani Foundry, Paris in an edition of 2.


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Picasso.


Formerly in the collection of Marina Picasso.

Estate of the artist

Marina Picasso, France (acquired by descent from the above)

Jan Krugier Fine Art, New York (probably acquired from the above)

Acquired from the above on 11 July 1986 by the present owner

Ronald Penrose, The Sculpture of Picasso, New York, 1967, no. 167, p. 173, another cast illustrated (titled Head of a Woman)

Gjon Mili, Picasso’s Third Dimension, New York, 1970, no. 141, n.p., another cast illustrated (titled Head of a Woman)

Roland Penrose, Picasso: His Life and Work, London, 1971, no. 9, n.p., another cast illustrated (titled Tête de femme)

Werner Spies, Picasso Sculpture with a Complete Catalogue, London, 1971, no. 624, p. 296, another cast illustrated (titled Head of a Woman)

Werner Spies and Christine Piot, Picasso: The Sculptures, Stuttgart, 2000, no. 624.II, p. 390, another cast illustrated; p. 421, this cast listed