Pablo Picasso
Tête de femme

Tête de femme

© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Tête de femme
Tête de femme
ArtistSpanish, 1881–1973
PrinterFrench, 1864–1938
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • Tête de femme
Date1905
MediumEtching, proof before steel facing
DimensionsPlate: 4 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (12.1 × 8.9 cm)
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 in. (21.9 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2006"
Object number2006.633
Not on view

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ProvenanceProbably [Ambroise Vollard, Paris]; probably to the Estate of Ambroise Vollard, Paris]; to Henri M. Petiet, Paris; inherited by the heirs of Henri M. Petiet, Paris; [March Rosen Fine Art, Ltd., New York, by 2006]; purchased by MFAH, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil, recto lower right: "H.P." (Henri Petiet)

Marked in pencil, recto lower left: "BG 3"

Marked in pencil, verso lower right: "B 2"
Marked in graphite lower right below the image: "Picasso"
Printed back label: "MARC ROSEN FINE ART / 220 EAST 73RD STREET / ... "
Catalogue raisonnéBloch 2; Geiser/Baer 3

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