LOT DETAILS

Materials:

charcoal and pastel on paper

Measurements:

8.62 in. (21.90 cm.) (height) by 5.63 in. (14.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed P. Ruiz Picasso (upper right)

Exhibited:

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery; London, O'Hana Gallery; Warwickshire, Stoneleigh Abbey & Geneva, Galerie Motte, . Picasso, His Blue Period, Pastels, Watercolours and Drawings from the Junyer Vidal Collection, Barcelona , 1960, no. 18 (as dating from 1900

Literature:

Sir Anthony Blunt & Phoebe Pool, . Picasso, The Formative Years , London, 1962, no. 54. Pierre Daix & Georges Boudaille, . Picasso, The Blue and Rose Periods, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, 1900-06 , Greenwich, 1967, no. D.III.6, illustrated p. 137. Christian Zervos, . Pablo Picasso, Œuvres de 1892 à 1902 , Paris, 1969, vol. 21, no. 184, illustrated pl. 72. Josep Palau i Fabre, . Picasso, The Early Years, 1881-1907 , New York, 1981, no. 533, illustrated p. 218. John Richardson, . A Life of Picasso , London, 1991, vol. I, n.n., illustrated p. 185. The Picasso Project, . Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture. Turn of the Century, 1900-1901 , San Francisco, 2010, no. 1901-054, illustrated p. 112

Provenance:

Sebastian Junyer-Vidal, Barcelona. Private Collection, Barcelona. Private Collection, London. Sidney & Esther Rabb, Boston. Helene Rabb Cahners (by descent from the above; sale: Sotheby's, New York, 7th May, 2003, lot 186). Purchased at the above sale by the present owner