Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
L'enlèvement
signed, dated and inscribed 'Picasso Cannes 10 juillet XXXIII' (lower right)
pen and India ink on paper
13 3/8 x 17¾ in. (34 x 45 cm.)
Executed in Cannes on 10 July 1933
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
L'enlèvement
signed, dated and inscribed 'Picasso Cannes 10 juillet XXXIII' (lower right)
pen and India ink on paper
13 3/8 x 17¾ in. (34 x 45 cm.)
Executed in Cannes on 10 July 1933
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, by whom acquired from the artist in 1933. Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, by 1941.
Buchholz Gallery [Curt Valentin], New York.
Ludwig Charell, Germany & New York.
Eric Charell, Munich, by descent from the above.
Private European Collection, by whom acquired from the above; sale,
Sotheby's, London, 4 February 2004, lot 492.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Chicago, The Art Institute, 20th International Exhibition of Watercolors, 1941, no. 136.
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Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Specialist note
Maya Widmaier Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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