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34 - Pablo PICASSO (1881–1973)
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Pablo PICASSO (1881–1973) Head of a Faun, 1956 Red pencil drawing on the title page of *Homage to Picasso on his 70th birthday*, signed near the center and dated September 25, 1953, in the upper right corner. 20 x 23 cm (Unframed, paper yellowed at the edges, date and signature slightly faded) Provenance: - Formerly in the collection of Charles Zalber, owner of the Lucie Weill & Seligmann Gallery (from the 1990s to 2011), Paris. - Collection of Mr. T, Paris Drawing executed on the title page of the book *Homage to Picasso on his 70th Birthday: Drawings and Watercolors since 1893*, published in London by Lund Humphries in 1951, with texts by Roland Penrose and Paul Éluard. This book was published in collaboration with the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, on the occasion of the exhibition *Picasso: Drawings and Watercolors since 1893, held at the institution from October 11 to November 24, 1951, to celebrate Picasso’s 70th birthday. Expert: Agnès Sevestre-Barbé
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