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Picasso from the Berggruen Family Collection
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Tête de femme
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Tête de femme
signed ‘Picasso’ (lower right); signed again ‘Picasso’ (on the reverse)
watercolor over pencil on paper
12 5⁄8 x 9 ¾ in. (32 x 24.8 cm.)
Executed in 1908-1909
Tête de femme
signed ‘Picasso’ (lower right); signed again ‘Picasso’ (on the reverse)
watercolor over pencil on paper
12 5⁄8 x 9 ¾ in. (32 x 24.8 cm.)
Executed in 1908-1909
Provenance
André Lefèvre, Paris; Estate sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 1 December 1964, lot 24.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (by 12 December 1964).
Bernice McIlhenny Wintersteen, Villanova (acquired from the above, 24 May 1967); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 17 October 1973, lot 24.
Private collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale, then by descent).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 2004.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (by 12 December 1964).
Bernice McIlhenny Wintersteen, Villanova (acquired from the above, 24 May 1967); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 17 October 1973, lot 24.
Private collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale, then by descent).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 2004.
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1973, no. 389, pl. 135 (illustrated).
P. Daix and J. Rosselet, Picasso: The Cubist Years, 1907-1916: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings & Related Works, New York, 1979, p. 216 (illustrated prior to signature).
P. Daix and J. Rosselet, Picasso: The Cubist Years, 1907-1916: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings & Related Works, New York, 1979, p. 216 (illustrated prior to signature).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Collection André Lefévre, March-April 1964, p. 34, no. 240.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Summer Loan Exhibition, summers 1969-1970.
Paris, Musée Picasso, Picasso, Berggruen: Une collection particulière, September 2006-January 2007, fig. 80 (illustrated).
Kunstmuseum Basel, Picasso–El Greco, June-September 2022, pp. 125-126, no. 34 (illustrated).
Venice, Gallerie dell'Accademia and Casa dei Tre Oci, Affinità Elettive: Picasso, Matisse, Klee e Giacometti, March-June 2024, p. 89 (illustrated).
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Picasso, Klee, Matisse: Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen, May-September 2026.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Summer Loan Exhibition, summers 1969-1970.
Paris, Musée Picasso, Picasso, Berggruen: Une collection particulière, September 2006-January 2007, fig. 80 (illustrated).
Kunstmuseum Basel, Picasso–El Greco, June-September 2022, pp. 125-126, no. 34 (illustrated).
Venice, Gallerie dell'Accademia and Casa dei Tre Oci, Affinità Elettive: Picasso, Matisse, Klee e Giacometti, March-June 2024, p. 89 (illustrated).
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Picasso, Klee, Matisse: Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen, May-September 2026.
Presentado por
Paige Kestenman
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale