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LOT 143

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

For full cataloguing, essay and images in PDF format, please click here.


Estimate: $1,200,000 - $1,600,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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