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Pablo Picasso
(Spanish, 1881-1973)
Femme Nue Couchée, 1954
Ink on paper
135⁄8 x 167⁄8/34.5 x 43 cm
Signed, dated and numbered upper left: 1er Decembre 54 II Picasso;
Inscribed on the reverse: qu’il ne s’agit pas de realisme...qu’il s’agit de verité
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 013262/63023)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
The Pace Gallery, New York
Gallery Theo, Madrid
Hirschl & Adler, New York
L. Valery, Geneva
Waddington Galleries, London
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Picasso, November 1971-January 1972, no. 40, illustrated in colour p. 70
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Nudes-Nus-Nackte, June-August 1984, no. 70
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Picasso: der Maler und seine Modelle, July-October 1986, no. 81
London, Waddington Galleries, Works on Paper & Sculpture, September-October 1993, no 39, illustrated in
colour p. 79
London, Waddington Galleries, Picasso/Matisse Works on Paper, June-July 1997, no. 4, illustrated in colour
Literature
Christian Zervos, Catalogue Raisonné de Pablo Picasso, Vol 16, Oeuvres de 1953 à 1955,
Editions Cahiers d’Art, Paris, no. 339, pp.122, illustrated
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