Drawing/Watercolour/Charcoal/Paper signed Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Size: 22 x 28 cm (8.66 x 11.02 in.)
The overall size including the frame 43 x 53 cm (16.93 x 20.86 in.)
Signature/date: Picasso 4:5:34 Lower right
Christie's stamp on the back
Provenance: Estate of the Artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso.1934 gift to René Bernasconi, succession Bernasconi sold to Swiss private collector. Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, also known as Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973), one of the most prominent, innovative artists of the 20th century, is celebrated for his lengthy and prolific career working in several modernist idioms, as well as for co-founding Cubism. Several paintings by Picasso rank among the most expensive paintings in the world. Gar?on à la pipe sold for US$104 million at Sotheby's on 4 May 2004, establishing a new price record. Dora Maar au Chat sold for US$95.2 million at Sotheby's on 3 May 2006. On 4 May 2010, Nude, Green Leaves and Bust was sold at Christie's for $106.5 million. As of 2004, Picasso remained the top-ranked artist (based on sales of his works at auctions) according to the Art Market Trends report. More of his paintings have been stolen than any other artist's.