Live Auction 7566Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale (Morning Session)
Antonio Saura (1930-1998)
Lot 129 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR 

Antonio Saura (1930-1998)

Retrato 68/Autoportrait

Closed7 February 2008

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GBP 72,500

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Antonio Saura (1930-1998)
Retrato 68/Autoportrait
signed and dated 'Saura 1959' (upper left); signed, inscribed, titled and dated 'Retrato no. 68 Saura 1959 Para E.J. Cela con la amistad de' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23½ x 28¾in. (59.6 x 73cm.)
Painted in 1959

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1960.

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming Antonio Saura Catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Archives Antonio Saura, Geneva.