1881 - 1973
Spanish
Tête de femme
oil on canvas
signed and dated 6.10.1939 and on verso titled on the labels
16 1/8 x 13 in, 41 x 33 cm
Estimate: $1,200,000 - $1,600,000 CAD
Sold for: $1,321,250
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Collection of the Artist
Galerie Simon, Paris
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Collection Claude Hersaint, Paris
Richard L. Feigen & Co., Chicago
Acquired from the above on January 2, 1962 by the present Prominent Private Collection, Montreal
LITERATURE
Christian Zervos, editor, Pablo Picasso, vol. 9, Oeuvres de 1937 à 1939, 1958, reproduced page 160 and listed as Royan
EXHIBITED
Afrique du Sud, Exposition d'art français comtemporain, work lent by Galerie Louise Leiris
On verso inscribed "no. 52091" (Photo) on the Galerie Simon label, "76" on the stretcher upper right corner, "Feigen" on a sticker at centr of the upper stretcher, "14" on a green label and "Galerie Louise Leiris, 29 bis rue d'Astorg, Paris. Valeur d'assurance: 250 000 francs" and "Zervos Vol. IX.345" on the South Africa exhibition label
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Estimate: $1,200,000 - $1,600,000 CAD
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