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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Ventre de femme
signé, daté et inscrit 'vendredi. 12.8.71. II Picasso' (en haut au centre); daté et inscrit 'Vendredi 12.8.71. II' (au revers)
graphite sur carton
21.6 x 29.3 cm.
Exécuté le 12 août 1971

signed, dated and inscribed 'vendredi. 12.8.71. II Picasso' (upper centre); dated and inscribed 'Vendredi 12.8.71. II' (on the reverse)
pencil on board
81⁄2 x 111⁄2 in.
Executed on 12 August 1971
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Collection particulière, Allemagne (acquis auprès de celle-ci en 1981); vente, Neumeister, Munich, 23 mai 2007, lot 389.
Collection particulière, Europe (acquis au cours de cette vente); vente, Tajan, Paris, 8 décembre 2015, lot 15.
Acquis au cours de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel.
Literature
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Œuvres de 1971-1972, Paris, 1978, vol. 33, no. 137 (illustré, pl. 50).
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