Lot #2717: PABLO PICASSO - Fleur représentant le florilège littéraire - Color pencil drawing on paper

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973).
Title: "Fleur représentant le florilège littéraire".
Medium: Color pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1972.
Dimensions: Overall size: 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (159 x 121 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right; dated in pencil, lower left. Drawn on cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: The work comes from the collection of Urbano Quinto and was acquired directly from Picasso at his studio in Cannes, France, in 1972. A noted Italian art historian, art dealer, and art collector, Urbano Quinto acquired works from classical artists of the 20th Century as well as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, and other Pop and Graffiti artists, often directly from the artists themselves during the 1950’s through the 1980’s. A copy of the Letter of Authenticity by Urbano Quinto pertaining to this work accompanies the lot. Comment(s): Please see the attached image of Urbano Quinto with Halston, Andy Warhol, and Bianca Jagger at Studio 54, New York City, c1977 (courtesy of and copyright © by Hasse Persson). Picasso image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30558-2-12000]