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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Femme nue assise
signed '–Picasso–' (lower right)
oil on board laid down on panel
19 1⁄2 x 14 1⁄4 in. (49.5 x 36.2 cm.)
Painted in Paris in 1901
Provenance
(Possibly) Galerie Vollard, Paris, by 1901.
Thorsten Olof Laurin, Stockholm.
Baron Eduard von der Heydt, Ascona, by whom acquired from the above via Galerie Thannhauser, circa 1930.
Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin & Dusseldorf, by September 1932.
Galerie Alex Vömel, Dusseldorf.
Private collection, Dusseldorf, by whom acquired from the above on 19 July 1935.
By descent from the above to the present owner.
The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to an agreement between the consignor and the heirs of Alfred Flechtheim. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso vol. I, Œuvres de 1895 à 1906, Paris, 1957, no. 50 (illustrated pl. 22).
"Picasso 1964" in Jardin des arts, no. 112, March 1964, p. 7 (illustrated).
P. Daix & G. Boudaille, Picasso: The Blue and Rose Periods, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1900-1906, London, 1967, no. V. 6, pp. 156 & 162 (illustrated p. 162; catalogued as 'oil on wood panel').
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: Life and Work of the Early Years, 1881-1907, New York, 1981, no. 625, pp. 242 & 535 (illustrated pp. 242 & 250; titled 'Nude with Long Hair' and catalogued as 'oil on wood').
T. Bezzola, Picasso by Picasso: His First Museum Exhibition 1932, exh. cat., Kunsthaus, Zurich, 2010, no. 4, pp. 195 & 210 (illustrated p. 210; titled 'Akt im Atelier' and catalogued as 'oil on wood').
B. Wright, ed., Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901, exh. cat, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2013, p. 178.
L. Madeline & V. Perdrisot-Cassan, Picasso 1932, exh. cat., Musée national Picasso, Paris, 2017, no. 4, p. 227 (titled 'Nu assis').
L. Le Bon, C. Bernardi, S. Molins & E. Philippot, Picasso: Bleu et rose, exh. cat., Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 2018, no. 5, p. 391.
Exhibited
(Possibly) Paris, Galerie Vollard, Exposition de tableaux de F. Iturrino et de P.-R. Picasso, June - July 1901, no. 5, p. 9 (titled 'Femme nue').
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Picasso, September - November 1932, no. 4, p. 1 (titled 'Akt im Atelier').
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.