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Le Christ de Montmartre by Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Le Christ de Montmartre, 1904

Wash and pen and ink on paper
37.3 x 26.7 cm (14.69 x 10.51 in)
Works on Paper
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, London (20 Jun 2018)
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Jun 20, 2018
Christie'sLondonImpressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale9b
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Artwork Description
Category

Works on Paper

Dimensions

37.3 x 26.7 cm (14.69 x 10.51 in)

Materials

wash and pen and ink on paper

Signature

signed and dated 'Picasso 1904' (lower left)

Provenance

G. & L. Bollag, Salon Bollag, Zurich, by whom acquired directly from the artist on 13 March 1918.

Betty Bollag-Moos, Zurich, by descent from the above.

Suzanne Bollag, Zurich, by descent from the above, by 1959.

Max G. Bollag, Zurich, by whom acquired from the above by 1989, and thence by descent to the present owners.

Exhibited

Paris, Galeries Serrurier, Exposition d'oeuvres des peintres, Trachsel, Gérardin, Picasso, February - March 1905, no. 16, n.p. (titled 'Le Pendu').

Zurich, Galerie Suzanne Bollag, Contrastes, August - September 1959, n.p. (illustrated).

Lausanne, Palais de Beaulieu, Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections Suisses, de Manet à Picasso, May - October 1964, no. 229, n.p. (illustrated n.p.).

Frankfurt, Kunstverein, Picasso, 150 Handzeichnungen aus sieben Jahrzehnten, May - July 1965, no. 15; this exhibition later travelled to Hamburg, Kunstverein, July - September 1965.

Auckland, Auckland City Art Gallery, Pablo Picasso: The Artist Before Nature, September - November 1989, no. 9, p. 67 (illustrated p. 67).

Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Picasso Landscapes, 1890-1912: From the Academy to the Avant-garde, November 1994 - February 1995, no. 167, p. 333.

Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Mélancolie: génie et folie en Occident, October 2005 - January 2006, no. 16; this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, February - March 2006.

Literature

Cahiers d'Art, no. 11, Paris, 1950, p. 322 (illustrated).

C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 6, Supplément aux volumes 1 à 5, Paris, 1954, no. 617, n.p. (illustrated pl. 75; with incorrect dimensions).

P. Daix & G. Boudaille, Picasso, The Blue and Rose Periods: A Catalogue Raisonné 1900-1906, Neuchatel, 1966, no. D.XI.9, pp. 64 & 249 (illustrated p. 249).

P. Daix, La vie de peintre de Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1977, p. 65.

J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso Vivant (1881-1907), Barcelona, 1980, no. 1006, p. 544 (illustrated p. 392).

J. Richardson, A Life of Picasso, vol. I, The Prodigy, 1881-1906, London, 1991, p. 317 (illustrated).

Exh. cat., Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906, Washington D.C., 1997, p. 200 (illustrated fig. 5).

Exh. cat., Picasso: The Artist's Studio, New Haven, 2001, p. 76 (illustrated fig. 51, p. 75).

Exh. cat., Picasso and the Mysteries of Life: La Vie, Cleveland, 2012, p. 74 (illustrated fig. 72, p. 74).

Description

signed and dated 'Picasso 1904' (lower left)

watercolour, wash and pen and ink on paper

14 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (37.3 x 26.7 cm.)

Executed in Paris in 1904