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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Buste d'homme lauré
dated '11.5.69.' (on the reverse)
oil and Ripolin on canvas
45 5/8 x 35 in. (115.7 x 88.8 cm.)
Painted on 11 May 1969
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, Paris (by descent from the above, 1979, until at least 2004).
Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
Private collection, Europe (acquired from the above); sale, Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 30 September 2018, lot 1031.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
R. Alberti, A Year of Picasso Paintings: 1969, New York, 1971, p. 221, no. 180 (illustrated in color).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso Paris, 1976, vol. 31, no. 194 (illustrated, pl. 63).
Exhibited
Avignon, Palais des Papes, Pablo Picasso 1969-1970, May-September 1970, no. 32 (illustrated).
New York, Pace Gallery, Picasso: The Avignon Paintings, January-March 1981 (illustrated).
Kunstmuseum Basel, Pablo Picasso Das Spätwerk, Themen 1964-1972, September-November 1981, pp. 124 and 162, no. 38 (illustrated in color, p. 125).
Mairie de Gisors, Picasso, April-May 1983.
Vienna, Kunstforum and Kunsthalle Tübingen, Picasso: Figur und Porträt, Hauptwerke aus der Sammlung Bernard Picasso, September 2000-June 2002, pp. 192 and 194, no. 88 (illustrated in color, p. 200).
Musée des Beaux Arts de Nantes and Padua, Palazzo Zabarella, Picasso, la peinture seule: 1961-1972, October 2001-January 2003, p. 80, no. 30 (illustrated in color, p. 81; no. 31 in Padua).
Copenhagen, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Picasso: For All Times, January-June 2004, pp. 90 and 117, no. 35 (illustrated in color, p. 90).
Malaga, Museo Picasso, Picasso: Anthology, 1895-1971, October 2004-February 2005, p. 168, no. 124 (illustrated in color).
Istanbul, Sakip Sabanci Museum, Picasso in Istanbul, November 2005-March 2006, pp. 44 and 304, no. 128 (illustrated in color, pp. 44 and 305).
St. Moritz, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Pablo Picasso Late Work, August 2007-October 2007.
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Picasso & the Camera, October 2014-January 2015, p. 353 (illustrated in color).