LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

44.88 in. (114.00 cm.) (height) by 57.64 in. (146.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Picasso' (upper right); dated '14.2.55.' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), spring 1955. Paris, Musée des arts décoratifs, Picasso: Peintures, 1900-1955 , June-October 1955, no. 127 (illustrated). Munich, Haus der Kunst; Cologne, Rheinisches Museum Köln-Deutz and Kunstverein in Hamburg, Kunsthalle-Altbau, Picasso, 1900-1955 , October 1955-April 1956, no. 121 (illustrated). New York, The Museum of Modern Art and The Art Institute of Chicago, Picasso: 75th Anniversary Exhibition , May-December 1957, p. 109 (illustrated in color as a frontispiece). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Picasso: A Loan Exhibition of His Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints and Illustrated Books , January-February 1958, p. 24, no. 255 (illustrated in color). London, Tate Gallery, Picasso , July-September 1960, pp. 56 and 58, no. 196 (illustrated, pl. 45b). New York, Cordier-Warren Gallery, Picasso, An American Tribute: The Fifties , April-May 1962, no. 18 (illustrated). The Art Gallery of Toronto and The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Picasso and Man , January-March 1964, pp. 20 and 147, no. 263 (illustrated). Paris, Grand Palais, Hommage à Pablo Picasso , November 1966-February 1967, no. 237 (illustrated). Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Picasso , February-March 1967, p. 97, no. 73. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Collects , July-September 1968, p. 31, no. 145. New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, European XXth Century Artists , January-February 1969, no. 39 (illustrated). Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales; Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria and New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse , April-September 1975, pp. 33 and 258 (illustrated in color, p. 32; illustrated again, p. 259). Des Moines Art Center, Art in Western Europe: The Postwar Years, 1945-1955 , September-October 1978, no. 59 (illustrated in color; illustrated in color again on the cover). New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Pablo Picasso: A Retrospective , May-September 1980, p. 425 (illustrated in color). Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou and London, The Tate Gallery, Late Picasso: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, 1953-1972 , February-September 1988, pp. 56 and 271, no. 5 (illustrated in color, p. 155; illustrated again in situ in the 1955 Musée des arts décoratifs exhibition, p. 287). Paris, Musée du Louvre, Copier créer: De Turner à Picasso: 300 oeuvres inspirées par les maîtres du Louvre , April-July 1993, pp. 370-373, no. 265 (illustrated in color, p. 371). New York, The Museum of Modern Art and Paris, Grand Palais, Picasso and Portraiture: Representation and Transformation , April 1996-January 1997, p. 464 (illustrated in color, p. 456). London, Tate Modern; Paris, Grand Palais and New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Matisse Picasso , May 2002-May 2003, pp. 24, 222 and 336, no. 180 (illustrated in color, p. 332; illustrated again in color, p. 337). Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, Picasso: Tradición y vanguardia , June-September 2006, p. 294, no. 37 (illustrated in color, p. 295). Paris, Musée du Louvre, Picasso et les maîtres , October 2008-February 2009, p. 359 (illustrated in color, p. 215). London, The National Gallery, Picasso: Challenging the Past , February-June 2009, pp. 13, 114, 126 and 143, no. 41 (detail illustrated in color, p. 10; illustrated in color, p. 126). London, Tate Britain and Edinburgh, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Picasso & Modern British Art , February-November 2012, pp. 192 and 232, no. 120 (detail illustrated in color as a frontispiece; illustrated in color, p. 193)

Literature:

W. Boeck and J. Sabartés, Picasso , New York, 1955, p. 500, no. 594 (illustrated in color, p. 347; with incorrect title). J. Flanner, "Letter from Paris" in The New Yorker , vol. XXXI, no. 19, 25 June 1955, pp. 73-74. F. Elgar and R. Maillard, Picasso , Paris, 1955 (illustrated). J. Camón Aznar, Picasso y el cubismo , Madrid, 1956 (illustrated in color). E. Genauer, "Picasso: Living Legend" in Herald Tribune Magazine , section 7, 19 May 1957, p. 6 (illustrated in color; detail illustrated in color on the cover; detail illustrated again, p. 2). J. Thompson, "Six Schools—One Master" in The New York Times Sunday Mirror Magazine , 19 May 1957, p. 13 (illustrated in color). R. Penrose, Picasso: His Life and Work , London, 1958, pp. 14 and 350-353 (illustrated, pl. XXIV, no. 2). P. de Champris, Picasso, ombre et soleil , Paris, 1960, p. 294 (illustrated, p. 257, pl. 303). G. Diehl, Picasso , New York, 1960, p. 81 (illustrated in color, p. 80). "Room Around Picasso" in Vogue , vol. 136, no. 6, 1 October 1960, pp. 197-199 (illustrated in situ in the Ganz household, p. 197; illustrated in situ again in color, p. 198). "Junior Critics of Picasso" in Life , vol. 52, no. 20, 18 May 1962, p. 124 (illustrated in color). K. Sutton, Picasso , London, 1962, no. 47. J. Lucas, "Picasso as Copyist" in ARTnews Annual , November 1964, pp. 159-160 (illustrated in color, p. 115). J. Canaday, "Picasso" in Horizon , vol. VII, no. 1, winter 1965, p. 78 (illustrated). P. Daix, Picasso , New York, 1965, pp. 219-221 (illustrated in color, p. 220). C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso , Paris, 1965, vol. 16, no. 360 (illustrated, pl. 133). G. Picon, "La mesure de Picasso" in A. Fermigier, et al., Picasso , Paris, 1967, p. 278 (illustrated, p. 280). F. Russoli, "Tra le due guerre: La libertà espressiva nella conquista del vero" in L'Arte Moderna , vol. X, no. 82, 1967, p. 20 (illustrated in color). H. Read, A Concise History of Modern Painting , New York, 1968, p. 325 (illustrated, pl. 228). "The Power of Picasso" in Life , vol. 65, no. 26, 27 December 1968, p. 14 (illustrated in color, p. 15). A. Fermigier, Picasso , Paris, 1969, pp. 354-355 (illustrated, p. 355, fig. 236). J. Galloway, Picasso , New York, 1969, pp. 46-47 (illustrated, p. 46, pl. 19). P. Dufour, Picasso, 1950-1968 , Cleveland, 1970, p. 137 (illustrated in color, p. 89). F.A. Trapp, The Attainment of Delacroix , Baltimore, 1970, p. 354 (illustrated, fig. 208). K. Gallwitz, Picasso at 90: The Late Work , New York, 1971, p. 123 (illustrated in color, pl. 159). K. Gallwitz, Picasso laureatus: Sein malerisches Werk seit 1945 , Lucerne, 1971, p. 123 (illustrated in color, pl. 159). H. Greenfeld, Pablo Picasso: An Introduction , Chicago, 1971, p. 151 (illustrated, p. 148). R. Hughes, "Anatomy of a Minotaur" in Time , vol. 98, no. 18, 1 November 1971, pp. 68-70 (illustrated in color). R. Passeron, "Quand Picasso s'attaque aux chefs-d'oeuvre" in Jardin des Arts , nos. 200-201, July-August 1971, p. 63 (illustrated). Tokyo International Publishers, Picasso , New York, 1971, p. 114. J. Leymarie, Picasso: The Artist of the Century , Lausanne, 1972, pp. 178-179 (illustrated in color; with incorrect date). L. Steinberg, Other Criteria: Confrontations with Twentieth-Century Art , New York, 1972, pp. 223-234 (illustrated, p. 231, fig. 162; illustrated again, between pp. 234-235). A. Mondadori, ed., Conoscere Picasso : L'avventura dell'uomo e il genio dell'artista , Milan, 1973 (illustrated in color). R. Penrose and J. Golding, eds., Picasso in Retrospect , New York, 1973, pp. 215-217 and 280 (illustrated, p. 217, fig. 359). D. Porzio and M. Valsecchi, Understanding Picasso , New York, 1974, p. 269, no. 126 (illustrated in color). D. Thomas, Picasso and His Art , New York, 1974, p. 92 (illustrated in color, p. 105, pl. 87). P. Cabanne, Pablo Picasso: His Life and Times , New York, 1977, pp. 444, 446, 455 and 457-458. N. Baldwin, "Art in Western Europe: The Post-War Years" in Des Moines Sunday Register , 24 September 1978, p. 23 (illustrated in color). U. Apollonio, Picasso , Munich, 1980, no. 10. R.H. Cohen, "Mass Media: Pablo's American Lineage" in Art in America , vol. 68, no. 10, December 1980, p. 44 (detail illustrated). E.F. Fry, "Modern Art's Old Master: The Legacy of Picasso, Part I" in Portfolio , vol. II, no. 2, April-May 1980, p. 60 (illustrated in color; detail illustrated in color on the cover). M.M. Gedo, Picasso: Art as Autobiography , Chicago, 1980, pp. 226 and 228 (illustrated, p. 227). A. Cirici, Picasso, su vida y su obra: La seva vida i la seva obra , Barcelona, 1981, p. 131. H.L.C. Jaffé, Pablo Picasso, New York, 1983, p. 118 (illustrated in color, p. 119). "Pablo Picasso: Die Kraft der späten Jahre" in Art: Das Kunstmagazin , no. 3, March 1983, p. 44 (illustrated in color). J. Barrachina, et al., Picasso: Museo Picasso, catálogo de pintura y dibujo , Barcelona, 1984, p. 697 (illustrated). M.M. Moeller, Picasso im Sprengel Museum Hannover: Druckgraphik, illustrierte Bücher, Zeichnungen, Collagen und Gemälde , exh. cat., Sprengel Museum Hannover, 1986, p. 30 (illustrated). G. Boudaille, M.-L. Bernadac and M.-P. Gauthier, Picasso , Secaucus, 1987, p. 132, no. 229 (illustrated). J. Richardson, “The Catch in the Late Picasso” in The New York Times Book Review , 19 July 1984, p. 21. K. Gallwitz, Picasso: The Heroic Years , New York, 1985, pp. 123, 135-136 and 141-142, no. 159 (illustrated in color). O. Granath, Pablo Picasso , exh. cat., Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1988, p. 212, no. 88 (illustrated, p. 213). J. Hobhouse, The Bride Stripped Bare: The Artist and the Female Nude in the Twentieth Century , New York, 1988, p. 131 (illustrated in color, pl. 111). R.L. Sommer, Picasso , New York, 1988, p. 153. J. Beardsley, Pablo Picasso , New York, 1991, pp. 81-82 (illustrated in color, pp. 86-87). R. Bernier, Matisse, Picasso, Miró: As I Knew Them , New York, 1991, pp. 156 and 158 (illustrated in color, p. 157). G. Cortenova, Picasso: The Works of Pablo Picasso , New York, 1991, p. 264 (illustrated in color, pp. 264-265). S.G. Galassi, “ Games of Wit”: Picasso's Variations on the Old Masters , Ph.D. Dissertation, New York University, 1991, no. 179 (illustrated). L. Lévy, Picasso , London, 1991, pp. 136-137 (illustrated in color; illustrated in color again on the back cover). R. Penrose, Picasso , London, 1991, pp. 30 and 122, no. 46 (illustrated in color, p. 123). J.S. Boggs, Picasso and Things , exh. cat., The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1992, p. 361 (illustrated). A. Panzetta, Picasso , Milan, 1992, no. 32. R. Rosenblum, "Guerra y paz: La antigedad y el último Picasso" in G. Tinterow, ed., Picasso clasico , exh. cat., Palacio Episcopal, Málaga, 1992, p. 180 (illustrated in color, p. 183, pl. 9). J. Berger, The Success and Failure of Picasso , New York, 1993, p. 180 (illustrated, p. 183). J. McDonald, Pablo Picasso , New York, 1993, p. 112 (illustrated in color). W. Spies, Picasso: Die Zeit nach Guernica, 1937-1973 , exh. cat., Nationalgalerie Berlin, 1993, p. 49 (illustrated). P. Daix, Picasso: Life and Art , New York, 1994, pp. 324-326 and 334. S.M. Nashashibi, Forces of Change: Artists of the Arab World , exh. cat., The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1994, pp. 66-67 and 69 (illustrated, p. 67). F. Orton, Figuring Jasper Johns , Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1994, pp. 80 and 247 (illustrated, p. 81, pl. 31). P. Daix, Dictionnaire Picasso , Paris, 1995, pp. 244-245 and 362-363. C.-P. Warncke, Pablo Picasso, Cologne, 1995, vol. II, p. 523 (illustrated in color). E. Lucie-Smith, Movements in Art Since 1945 , New York, 1995, p. 16. A. Sánchez Podadera , A. Romero Márquez and J.C. Jiménez Moreno , Genial Picasso , Málaga, 1995, p. 22. A. Brighton, A. Klimowski and R. Appiganesi, Introducing Picasso , New York, 1996, pp. 166-167. J.-L. Ferrier, Picasso , Paris, 1996, p. 161 (illustrated in color). S.G. Galassi, Picasso's Variations on the Masters: Confrontations with the Past , New York, 1996, pp. 137-138, 146-147 and 173 (illustrated in color, p. 147, fig. 5-17). H.L.C. Jaffé, Pablo Picasso , New York, 1996, p. 148 (illustrated in color, p. 149). M. FitzGerald, ed., A Life of Collecting: Victor and Sally Ganz , New York, 1997, pp. 41-42 (illustrated in color, p. 48; detail illustrated in color, p. 49; illustrated in color again in situ in the Ganz household, pp. 14-15). M. McCully, ed., A Picasso Anthology: Documents, Criticism, Reminiscences , Princeton, 1997, pp. 251-254 (illustrated, p. 252). Y.-A. Bois, Matisse and Picasso , exh. cat., Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 1999, p. 231 (illustrated in color, p. 232, fig. 225). B. Léal, C. Piot and M.-L. Bernadac, The Ultimate Picasso , New York, 2000, pp. 413 and 534, no. 1006 (illustrated in color, p. 408). The Picasso Project, ed., Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: The Fifties I, 1950-1955 , San Francisco, 2000, p. 283, no. 55-043 (illustrated). P. Esteban Leal, Picasso: Las grandes series , exh. cat., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2001, p. 116 (illustrated in color, p. 115, fig. 4). E. Cowling, Interpreting Matisse Picasso , exh. cat., Tate Modern, London, 2002, p. 74 (illustrated in color, fig. 63). D. Widmaier-Picasso, Picasso: “Art Can Only Be Erotic ,” Munich, 2005, p. 140 (illustrated in color, p. 81). J.-L. Andral, P. Daix and W. Spies, et al., Picasso: La joie de vivre, 1945-1948 , exh. cat., Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 2006, p. 143 (illustrated in color, fig. 6). E. Cowling, Visiting Picasso: The Notebooks and Letters of Roland Penrose , New York, 2006, pp. 102-104. M. FitzGerald and J.M. Boddewyn, Picasso and American Art , exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2006, p. 236 (illustrated, fig. 93). S. Gohr, Pablo Picasso—Leben und Werk: “Ich suche nicht, ich finde. ", Cologne, 2006, p. 145 (illustrated in color). J.J. Luna, El museo ideal de Picasso: La colección que nunca existió , Barcelona, 2006, p. 200 (illustrated in color, p. 201). W. Spies, ed., Picasso: Painting Against Time , exh. cat., Albertina, Vienna, 2006, p. 287 (illustrated in color). G. Clemenz-Kirsch, Die sieben Leben des Pablo Picasso , Halle, 2007, p. 159. R. Melcher, ed., Pablo Picasso: L’oeuvre des années 50 , exh. cat., Stiftung Saarländischer Kulturbesitz Saarlandmuseum, 2007, p. 17 (illustrated in color, fig. 7). A. Baldassari, et al., Picasso: Ses maîtres et ses héritiers , Paris, 2008, p. 95 (illustrated in color). C. Gruneberg and A. Becker, eds., Sylvette, Sylvette, Sylvette: Picasso and the Model , exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bremen, 2014, p. 227 (illustrated in color, fig. 3). J. Fineberg, D. Leers and B. Rose, Picasso & Jacqueline: The Evolution of Style , exh. cat., Pace Gallery, New York, 2014, pp. 11-14

Provenance:

Galerie Louise Leiris (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris. Victor and Sally Ganz, New York (acquired from the above, 6 June 1956); Estate sale, Christie’s, New York, 10 November 1997, lot 33. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner