Lot #958: PABLO PICASSO - Faune - Original crayon drawing on paper

 

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973).
Title: "Faune".
Medium: Original crayon drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1955.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 1/8 x 7 in. (257 x 178 mm).
Lot Note(s): Hand-signed and dated, upper center. Drawn on light cream wove paper. Overall very good condition; the colors fresh; a small horizontal soft crease not into the image, upper right; 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 $15,000 to $38,000. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30497-2-12000]