Pablo Picasso

Femme au ballon

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION, ATHENS

Pablo Picasso

1881 - 1973

Femme au ballon

signed Picasso (lower left) ; inscribed Dinard and dated 31 Août 1929 (on the stretcher)

oil on canvas

21,4 x 11,5 cm ; 8⅜ x 4½ in.

Executed on August 31st, 1929.

Claude Picasso confirmed the authenticity of the work.

Maya Widmaier Picasso confirmed the authenticity of the work.

Martha Jackson Gallery (Harold Hardts), New York

Collection Arocena de Ussia, Paris (acquired from the above in the 1960s)

Private Collection, Europe (by descent from the above)

Sotheby's, Paris, 28 May 2009, lot 21

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

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