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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Mousquetaire I (Espagnol du XVllème siècle)
signed and dated ‘Picasso 21.4.67’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
51 x 38 1/4 in. (128.3 x 97.1 cm.)
Painted on 21 April 1967
Provenance
The artist’s estate.
Marina Picasso, Paris (inv. no. 13611), by descent from the above, until at least October 1998.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, New York, 8 November 2006, lot 85.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso vol. XXV, Oeuvres de 1965 à 1967, Paris, 1972, no. 339 (illustrated pl. 147).
Exhibited
Johannesburg, The Goodman Gallery, Pablo Picasso A Selection of Works from the collection of Marina Picasso, February - March 1984, no. 30, p. 39 (illustrated p. 36); this exhibition later travelled to Cape Town, South African National Gallery, April 1984.
Tokyo, Yomiuri Shimbun Sha, Pablo Picasso Collection Marina Picasso, November 1986 - October 1987, no. PC-31, p. 131 (illustrated p. 38).
Caracas, Centro Cultural Consolidado, 5 Grandes de España: Picasso, Gris, González, Dalí, Miró, August - October 1992, no. 5 (illustrated).
Geneva, Petit Palais, Picasso, passion et création. Les 30 dernières années, July - October 1998, no. 31, p. 117 (illustrated p. 41).
Aarau, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Per Kirkeby Kristall. Reflexionen, Beziehungen und Bezüge, February - April 2006, p. 165 (illustrated p. 104).
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Picasso, Mosqueteros, March - June 2009, pp. 84 & 274 (illustrated pp. 85 & 274; with incorrect medium).
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, Family Traces, July - November 2009, p. 85.
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