Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme allongée
numbered and stamped with foundry mark '2/2 E.GODARD CIRE PERDUE' (on the back)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.)
Conceived in Vallauris in 1949
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme allongée
numbered and stamped with foundry mark '2/2 E.GODARD CIRE PERDUE' (on the back)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.)
Conceived in Vallauris in 1949
Galerie de l’Elysée (Alex Maguy), Paris (acquired from the artist, by 1971).
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1975.
W. Spies, Picasso, Das Plastische Werk, Berlin, 1983, p. 387, no. 345.II (another cast illustrated, p. 347).
W. Spies, Picasso, The Sculptures, Stuttgart, 2000, p. 408, no. 345.II (another cast illustrated, p. 368).
The Picasso Project, ed., Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, Liberation and the Post-War Years, 1944-1949, San Francisco, 2000, p. 233, no. 49-040 (another cast illustrated).
Paris, Galerie de l’Elysée (Alex Maguy), De Picasso à Picasso, October-November 1971.
Specialist note
Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.