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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)


Têtes de profil (recto); Scène de cirque (verso) signed 'Picasso' (upper right), inscribed and dated '1.7.67. III' (upper left); inscribed and dated '1.7.67. II' (verso)brown wax crayon on paper (recto); brown wax crayon and pencil on paper (verso)37.3 x 20.2cm (14 11/16 x 7 15/16in).Executed on 1 July 1967
|ProvenanceAlexander Iolas Collection, Paris. Acquired from the above by the present owner. ExhibitedLondon, The Waddington Galleries, Picasso Drawings, 10 February - 7 March 1970, nos. 13 & 13A.LiteratureC. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Vol. XXVII, Oeuvres de 1967 et 1968, Paris, 1973, no. 30 (recto) & no. 32 (verso) (illustrated p. 10).