Live Auction 8992Impressionist/Modern
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Lot 99 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SIMONE AND JEAN TIROCHE

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Tête

Closed21 June 2013

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GBP 13,750

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Tête
signed, inscribed and dated 'Pour mon ami Roland et ma chere amie Lee Penrose, Picasso, le 11.6.67' (upper centre)
ballpoint pen on paper
11¾ x 8¼ in. (29.8 x 21 cm.)
Executed on 11 June 1967 on the frontispiece of the 1967 Arts Council exhibition catalogue Picasso: Sculpture, ceramics, graphic work.

Roland and Lee Penrose, England.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 21 October 2004.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owners.

Specialist note

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