Picador, matador et femme

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Picador, matador et femme
signed and dated 'Picasso 22.08.59.I' (lower left)
brush and ink on paper
20 x 25¾ in. (50.8 x 65.4 cm.)
Executed on 22 August 1959

Provenance

Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1963.

Literature

J.C. Lambert, 'Picasso, Les dessins de tauromachie 1917-1960', in Art et Style, vol. 57, no. 22 (illustrated).
J. Sabartés, Picasso: Toreros, New York, 1961, no. 7, p. 150 (illustrated).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 19, Oeuvres de 1959 à 1961, Paris, 1968, no. 47 (illustrated pl. 12).
The Picasso Project (ed.), Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, The Fifties II, 1956-1959, San Francisco, 2000, no. 59-273 (illustrated p. 355).

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Please note that the provenance for this drawing does not include Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.

Please also note that there is additional exhibition history:
EXHIBITION HISTORY:
Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris, Picasso, Dessins 1959-1960, November - December 1960, no. 7 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

Maya Widmaier-Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Picador, matador et femme is a lively exploration of one of Picasso's most favoured themes: the corrida (for more details on the subject please refer to lot 165).

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