Live Auction 20989Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper Sale
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Lot 602

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Tête de faune

Closed19 November 2022

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USD 28,980

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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Tête de faune
signed and dated 'Picasso 17.4.58.' (center right) and dedicated 'Pour J.C. d'Ahetze' (upper center)
colored wax crayons on printed paper
11 x 8 1/8 in. (28 x 20.7 cm.)
Drawn on 17 April 1958

Jean-Claude D'Ahetze, Paris (gift from the artist).
Anon. sale, ANAF, Lyon, 12 June 2006, lot 379.
Anon. (acquired at the above sale); sale, Bonhams, London, 17 December 2019, lot 56.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work is executed on the frontispiece of the 1958 book by David Douglas Duncan, The Private World of Pablo Picasso.