Live Auction 5467Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Lot 114

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

L'homme au mouton

Closed21 June 2012

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GBP 30,000

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
L'homme au mouton
signed, inscribed and dated 'pour Jacques Amar, souvenir de son ami Picasso, Vallauris 1er Aôut, 1950' (upper centre)
pen and ink on the frontispiece of the book Les peintres célèbres
11¼ x 8¼ in. (28.5 x 21 cm.)
Executed on 1 August 1950

Jacques Amar, a gift from the artist on 1 August 1950.

Specialist note

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

This drawing was executed when the eponymous sculpture was installed in the Place du Marché in Vallauris (see lot 113).