Classic and Enduring - International Prints & Drawings
Collectors' List 132 2008

51 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Two Heads, 1949. Two lithographs printed on a single sheet, 32.3 x 51.6cm. Minor foxing to image upper right. Framed.
Created for the cover of Mourlot's Picasso Lithographe, Vol. I, 1919-1949, published by André Sauret. From an edition of 2,500. Ref: Bloch #591, Cantz #473, Mourlot #160.
 $2,200

52 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
[Ecoliere A La Jupe Écossaise] (Schoolgirl Wearing A Kilt), c1937. Découpage with crayon, 8.9 x 6cm. Embossed letters and numbers to centre of image. Framed.
An authentication certificate by Maya Picasso, daughter of the artist, accompanies this work. Provenance: Ines Sassier and son, Gerard, France. Ines Sassier was a long-time employee of Picasso and was also one of his models and confidantes.

This is most likely one of the cut-out dolls Picasso made for his daughter Maya around 1937. Several examples of these dolls are illustrated in the biography by John Richardson, A Life of Picasso: The Prodigy 1881-1906, New York, 2007, p31.

 $64,000*
53 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
[Automobile Et Oiseau] (Car And Bird), c1950s. Crayon drawing on an invitation card, 9.5 x 13cm. Vertical centre fold, slight surface soiling. Framed.
Picasso drew this image on the back of an invitation card from Galerie Lucienne-Leonce Rosenburg, dated 1949. An authentication certificate by Maya Picasso, daughter of the artist, accompanies this work. Provenance: Ines Sassier and son, Gerard, France. Ines Sassier was a long-time employee of Picasso and was also one of his models and confidantes. Picasso gave her a number of artworks, including drawings and decoupages created especially for her then young son, Gerard. The subjects included animals, cars and circuses.
 $56,500*
54 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Ane (Donkey) and Cheval (Horse), c1950s. Double-sided harlequin crayon drawing, (a) 10 x 12.5cm; (b) 10.5 x 15cm. Framed.
An authentication certificate by Maya Picasso, daughter of the artist, accompanies this work. Provenance: Ines Sassier and son, Gerard, France. Ines Sassier was a long-time employee of Picasso and was also one of his models and confidantes. Picasso gave her a number of artworks, including drawings and decoupages created especially for her then young son, Gerard. The subjects included animals, such as the donkey and horse depicted in this work.
 $58,500*

55 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
[Le Coq] (The Rooster), c1950s. Harlequin crayon drawing, 11 x 18cm. Minor handling crease. Framed.
An authentication certificate by Maya Picasso, daughter of the artist, accompanies this work. Provenance: Ines Sassier and son, Gerard, France. Ines Sassier was a long-time employee of Picasso and was also one of his models and confidantes. Picasso gave her a number of artworks, including drawings and decoupages created especially for her young son, Gerard. The subjects included animals, such as the rooster depicted in this work.
 $56,500*
56 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Jeune Homme Couronne de Feuillage (Young Man With A Crown Of Leaves), 1962. Colour linocut, signed and inscribed "Pour Ynes" in pencil in lower margin, 35 x 27cm. Repaired minor cut to lower margin.
One of 25 artist's proofs outside the edition of 50. Third and definitive state, with full margins. In Spanish, the language Picasso preferred to French throughout his life, Ines would be Ynes. Many such dedications to Ynes existed among the works from the collection of Ines and Gerard Sassier, making this the most likely provenance. Ines Sassier was a long-time employee of Picasso and was also one of his models and confidantes. Picasso gave her a number of artworks, including drawings and decoupages created especially for her then young son, Gerard. Ref: Bloch #1087, Baer #1307.
 $77,000*
57 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Le Peintre Et Son Modèle II (The Painter And His Model II), 1964. Lithograph, dated "11.1.64" in image lower left, 31.3 x 24.3cm. Framed.
Frontispiece from Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964, by Fernand Mourlot. Ref: Mourlot #400, Cantz #854, Bloch #1846.
 $1,450
58 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Peintre Rembranesque Avec Son Modele (17th Century Artist With His Model), 1968. Etching, dated and annotated "4.8.68. III" in plate upper right, editioned 21/50 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 31.4 x 41.6cm.
This is number 22 from the 347 Series dating from 1968. From the edition of 50. Provenance: Galerie Louis Leiris, Paris; Eleanor Saidenburg Gallery. Ref: Baer #1518, Bloch #1502.
 $33,250*
59 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Sexe À L'Ancienne Et Moderne, 1968. Etching, dated and annotated "1.6.68. II" in plate upper right, editioned 21/50 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 41.8 x 49.7cm.
This is number 135 from the 347 Series dating from 1968. From the edition of 50. Provenance: Galerie Louis Leiris, Paris; Eleanor Saidenburg Gallery. Ref: Baer #1631, Bloch #1615.
 $39,750*
60 Camille Pissaro (French, 1830-1903)
La Feuilette, Paris, c1860. Pencil drawing, initialled lower right, 23.5 x 27.7cm. Repaired tears and missing portions to centre left and lower left to right. Laid down on acid-free paper. Framed.
Provenance: Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne.
 $2,850