PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, AUSTRALIA
Lot 24*,AR
PABLO PICASSO(1881-1973)Femme debout 13cm (5 1/8in). high
12 – 13 October 2022, 16:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £57,000 inc. premium
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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Femme debout
numbered '7/10' and stamped with the foundry mark 'Cire Valsuani Perdue' (on the rim)
bronze with dark brown patina
13cm (5 1/8in). high
Conceived in 1945, this bronze version cast by the Valsuani Foundry in 1947 in an edition of 11 numbered 1/10-10/10, plus one unnumbered cast.
numbered '7/10' and stamped with the foundry mark 'Cire Valsuani Perdue' (on the rim)
bronze with dark brown patina
13cm (5 1/8in). high
Conceived in 1945, this bronze version cast by the Valsuani Foundry in 1947 in an edition of 11 numbered 1/10-10/10, plus one unnumbered cast.
Footnotes
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Claude Picasso.
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 19 May 1978, lot 371.
Private collection, South Africa.
Private collection, Australia (by descent from the above).
Literature
Exh. cat., Picasso, Martigny, 1981 (another cast illustrated p. 150).
W. Spies, Picasso, The Sculptures, Stuttgart, 2000, no. 329 (another cast illustrated p. 367).
