$308,500
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Portrait of Ambroise Vollard with His Cat Signed and dated "Picasso 13·2·1938" in ink l. r. and on the reverse. Crayon and ink on paper, sheet size 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (21.0 x 13.3 cm), framed. Condition: Taped to silk-covered mat at four corners, trimmed sheet (probably by the artist) along left and top margin. Provenance: Daniel Sickles, Paris, France; Hans Peter Kraus, New York; Estate of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (née Braman) Grasso, Essex, Connecticut. Literature: Johnson, Una E., Ambroise Vollard, Editeur [Prints, Books, Bronzes] , New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977, pp. 32, 44; [Collection Daniel Sickles] Bibliothèque d'un Amateur, Très Beaux Livres Illustrés Modernes Dans d'Importantes Reliures dont 53 Signées de Pierre Legrain, Exemplaires uniques dont Les Fleurs du Mal Illustrées par Rouault, Deuxieme partie, Paris: Musée Galliéra, 21 May 1963 (no. 265); Kraus, H.P., The Illustrated Book , Catalogue 108, no. 138, 1964 (illus. plate XLVII). Exhibitions: Impresario Ambroise Vollard, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, June 9 - September 7, 1977 [cover illustration for exhibition brochure]; Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, January 15 - February 19, 1978 (lent to the traveling exhibit by Mr. and Mrs. Graham H.R. Jenkins [Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Braman] on February 28, 1977). N.B. The present work was one of eight original drawings included in the sale of a presentation copy of Souvenirs d'un mar
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-05-15
