Sale: 162 Date of sale: 25.06.2016 Item: 83

Pablo Picasso

Nude Couple, 1973,

Color felt-tip pen, black wax crayon, gray

wash and pencil, 34X27 cm.

Dated.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Maya Widmaier Picasso.

”This drawing is dedicated to Maurice Bresnu, whom Picasso nicknamed ’Nounou’ for nounours (teddy bear)”.

Provenance:

– Maurice and Jaqueline Bresnu, Mougins (a gift from the artist).

– Sale: Christie’s, New York, 19th November 1998, lot 498.

– Purchased at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibition:

– Milan, Palazzo Marina alla Scala, Picasso: La Collection Nascosta, 1996.

– Seoul, KED Museum, Picasso: The Hidden Collection, 1997.

– Vienna, Kunsthaus Wien, Picasso: Die verborgene Sammlung, 1998.

Literature:

– Arturo Carlo Quintavalle, ”Picasso segreto variazoni sull’eros”, Panorama, Milan, 26th September 1996, p. 143 (illustrated).

– Gaston Diehl, Roger Passeron, Osvaldo Patani and Pierre Restany, Picasso. La collection secrete, 1996, p. 177 (illustrated).

– The Picasso Project, Picasso’s Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture. The Final Years 1970-1973, San Francisco, 2004, p. 356, no. 73-001 (illustrated).

Estimated price: $50,000 - $70,000

Sold for: 120000

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