Auction on
24 June 2019 - 14:30 (CEST) -
Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
From the Rose Period to the works of his final years, Picasso constantly returned to the figure of Harlequin, like a double of himself. He tended to place him in the world of the circus, the kind of show he adored.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Arlequin, ca. 1905, pencil on paper, 25 x 19 cm. Estimate: €100,000/200,000
Plucking his mandolin, having a quick dance: that's the fate in store for Harlequin, an acrobat whose task was to amuse the crowd. Even if, as here, with a somewhat ironic smile, he is performing to a solitary admiring monkey…
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