Pablo Picasso
Buste de Femme (Dora Maar)
(title taken from verso inscription)
gouache on wooden panel
signed and dated top left Picasso 42
on the reverse inscribed Pablo Picasso, Buste de Femme Dora Maar 1942, additionally an unidentified collectors stamp to the bottom right corner, a double circle, enclosing the letter ‘s’ stamped in red ink. (please see images)
size approx 14 ½ by 14 ½ (inches) 37 cm by 37 cm
A superb large painting of the late 1930’s to 1940’s period depicting Dora Maar (the artist’s lover and muse between 1935–1945), being offered for sale from a European Private Collection.
The painting is overall in an excellent to fine condition, with only minor paint loss to the extreme edges and surface, surface marks and surface dirt as would be accepted and has no restoration or been cleaned and is offered in an untouched condition. The frame has been removed for preservation.
Part of a private collection for many years unfortunately the painting is offered without documents or full provenance therefore accordingly being sold, as is, and unframed in its present condition, and for settlement of the Estate.
Please ask all relevant questions during the auction period, the images provided are for guidance purposes only, allow time for a reply. Also to confirm that this not a print or modern reproduction, additionally offered without a reserve.
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