Live Auction 7873Impressionist/Modern
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Lot 4

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Design for a book cover

Closed25 October 2012

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GBP 8,125

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Design for a book cover
signed 'Picasso' and numbered 'X' (upper right)
pastel on paper
10½ x 8 3/8 in. (26.5 x 21 cm.)
Executed circa 1965

Charles Feld (founder and editor of Les Éditions du cercle d'art), Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

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

Claude Ruiz Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

One of eight known cover designs for the book Le peintre et son modèle, 1965 and Notre Dame de Vie, 1966, published by Les Éditions du cercle d'art, Paris.