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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 24, 2015 | Sotheby's | London | Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale | 22 | $****** - ****** | DEUX PERSONNAGES (LA LECTURE) | |||
May 13, 1998 | Sotheby's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Art, Part I | 43 | $****** - ****** | DEUX PERSONNAGES (LA LECTURE) |
paintings
81 x 65 cm (31.89 x 25.59 in)
oil on canvas
signed Picasso (lower left) and dated Boisgeloup 30 mars XXXIV (along the top); dated Boisgeloup 30 mars XXXIV on the stretcher
Mayor Gallery, London E. J. Power, London (acquired from the above in 1954. Sold: SothebyâÂÂs, London, 6th July 1960, lot 129) David Gibbs (Arthur Tooth & Sons), London (purchased at the above sale) Sir Charles Clore, London (sold by his estate: SothebyâÂÂs, London, 3rd December 1985, lot 51)
Sale: SothebyâÂÂs, New York, 13th May 1998, lot 43
Private Collection (purchased at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Cahiers d'Art (ed.), Picasso 1930-1935, Paris, January 1936, illustrated p. 56 Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, à Âuvres de 1932 à1937, Paris, 1957, vol. 8, no. 194, illustrated pl. 85 SothebyâÂÂs 216th Season 1959-60, London, 1960, illustrated p. 165 The Picasso Project, PicassoâÂÂs Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture. Surrealism, 1930-1936, San Francisco, 1997, no. 34-047, illustrated p. 213 Picasso Harlequin 1917-1937 (exhibition catalogue), Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, 2008, mentioned p. 244
