Live Auction 2478Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Lot 145

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Le Taureau

Closed2 November 2011

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USD 40,000

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Le Taureau
signed and dated 'Picasso le 31.12.70.' (lower left) and dedicated 'Pour Madame Prado' (upper center)
pencil on paper
21¼ x 16½ in. (54 x 41.9 cm.)
Drawn on 31 December 1970

Mme Prado (gift from the artist).
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1980.

Specialist note

Maya Widmaier-Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

The present drawing was executed on the overleaf of a portfolio of poems by Pablo Neruda titled Toros, published in 1960 with 15 illustrations by Picasso.