La lettre

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
La lettre
dated '23.12.51.' (upper left)
brush and pen and India ink on paper
20 x 26 in. (50.5 x 66 cm.)
Executed on 23 December 1951

Provenance

The artist's estate (no. 05161).
Maya Widmaier-Picasso, by descent from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

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

Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

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