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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Lot 217 A CLOSE FRIENDSHIP: PICASSO FROM THE COLLECTION OF NORMAN AND GRETE GRANZ

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Portrait de Norman Granz, jeune homme

Closed14 May 2019

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Portrait de Norman Granz, jeune homme
signed, dated and inscribed 'le 9.4.69. Pour Norman Picasso 9.4.69.' (along the upper edge)
red felt-tip pen on paper
11 x 8 ¼ in. (27.8 x 21 cm.)
Drawn on 9 April 1969

Norman Granz, Geneva (gift from the artist, April 1969).
By descent from the above to the present owner.

Specialist note

Maya Widmaier-Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
The present work is drawn on the frontispiece of Picasso's Guernica, written by Anthony Blunt and published by Oxford University Press in 1969.