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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Lot 314 PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY, LONDON

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Portrait d'Edwin Evans

Closed30 June 2023

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GBP 18,900

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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Portrait d'Edwin Evans
signed, dated and inscribed 'A Monsieur Evans Picasso Londres 1919' (upper right)
pen and ink on paper
12 3/4 x 8 in. (32.5 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in London in 1919

Edwin Evans, London, a gift from the artist in 1919.
The Royal Philharmonic Society, London, a gift from the above.

Specialist note


Edwin Evans (1871-1945) was the music critic for Pall Mall Gazette from 1912 to 1923. Evans had a passion for Sergei Diaghilev, the Impresario behind the Ballets Russes, and Igor Stravinsky, the composer with whom he collaborated on some of his most iconic productions. In 1919, Evans met and befriended Pablo Picasso when the artist was visiting London with the Ballet Russes. Evans wrote an important series of essays, notably on the ballets The Firebird and Petrushka.