Live Auction 15978Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Lot 204

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Toréador et taureau

Closed12 November 2018

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USD 87,500

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Toréador et taureau
signed, dated and dedicated 'pour B. Geiger son ami Picasso le 12.11.59.' (upper left)
gouache on paper
9 1/8 x 13 in. (23.1 x 33.2 cm.)
Painted on 12 November 1959

Bernard Geiser, Paris (acquired from the artist).
Private collection, Switzerland.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 2015, lot 365.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The Comité Picasso confirmed the authenticity of this work in 1988.
The present work is painted on the frontispiece of a copy of Picasso, published by J.A. Gaya Nuño in 1957.