Lot #2139: PABLO PICASSO - Tête d'un jeune faune - Original crayon drawing on paper

 

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973).
Title: "Tête d'un jeune faune".
Medium: Original crayon drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1961.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 3/16 x 7 1/16 in. (259 x 179 mm).
Lot Note(s): Hand-signed and dated, lower center. Drawn on light cream wove paper. Overall very good to fine condition; the colors fresh; a very small ink smudge upper right corner; some edge fading; presents very well. Provenance: through the artists Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning. Comment(s): Recent brick and mortar auction house sales of Picasso drawings comparable to our example range from $12,000 to $38,000. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30496-2-8000]