PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

The following three prints by Pablo Picasso come from the personal collection of the renowned Bolognese tailor Guido Bosi (1923-2018). During his long and illustrious career, Bosi befriended and dressed many International artists and celebrities, among them Walter Chiari, Catherine Deneuve, Lucio Dalla, Fidel Castro, Joan Miró, Man Ray and Lucio Fontana. The atelier at Via Farini 3, in the centre of Bologna, was both a place for artisanal research and production, as well as an exhibition space, in which mannequins, rolls of fabrics and sartorial creations cohabited with part of his remarkable collection of 20th century works of art - reflecting the inseparable link between Guido's taste in art and fashion. Bosi counted among his friends the painter Edouard Pignon (1905-1993) who was in turn an intimate of Picasso (Pignon's collection was offered at Christie's, Paris, on 23 March 2017). The prints offered here are dedicated by Picasso to Pignon, and were later gifted to Guido Bosi by the painter. For an additional lot belonging to this collection, Michelangelo Pistoletto's Autoritratto, see lot 148.