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Auction 15 February 2024 Pablo Picasso and his friends, the story of a private collection - Paris

Bid on the lot list Piasa : 15 February 2024 - Date et heure de la vente jeudi 15 février 2024 18:00118 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré 75008 Paris Exposition publique 9 février 2024 de 10:00 à 18:0010 février 2024 de 11:00 à 18:0012 février 2024 de 10:00 à 18:0013 février 2024 de 10:00 à 18:0014 février 2024 de 10:00 à 18:00 Contacts Département Art Moderne et ContemporainT. +33 (0)1 53 34 10 10amac@piasa.fr 118, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré - Paris

Pablo Picasso and his friends, the story of a private collection

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Lot n° 1

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Arlequin...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Arlequin de profil, 1926 India ink drawing Signed on the bottom left and dated on the top right, executed on a blank checkbook from the Banque Nationale de Credit 27,2 x 21 cm Superb drawing gifted to Max Pellequer on March...

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Lot n° 2

◊ Luis de Gongora y Argote (1561-1627) Twenty...

◊ Luis de Gongora y Argote (1561-1627) Twenty poems. Translated by Z. Milnern these poems are engraved in Spanish and adorned with twenty hors-texte pages by Pablo Picasso. Paris, "Les Grands peintres modernes et le livre", 1948 In-folio, in sheets, with...

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Lot n° 3

◊ Jose Delgado (1754-1801) La tauromaquia...

◊ Jose Delgado (1754-1801) La tauromaquia o arte de torear. Barcelona, Gustavo Gili, 1959 Oblong Quarto, in sheets, with green printer's cover, illustrated with a drypoint drawing, folder, case Limited print of 263 on Guarro vellum : one of 220 numbered...

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Lot n° 4

◊ Andre Level (1863-1947) Picasso....

◊ Andre Level (1863-1947) Picasso. Paris, Les Editions G. Crès & Cie, "Cahiers d'aujourd'hui" collection, 1928. In-octo, stitched with tucked and printed editor's cover. First edition of this monograph on Picasso, with 80 illustrations One of 120 first...

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Lot n° 5

◊ Ilia Zdanevitch (Iliazd dit)...

◊ Ilia Zdanevitch (Iliazd dit) (1894-1975) Afat. Soixante-seize sonnets Paris, Le Degré Quarante and un, 1940 Oblong in-octo, stitched, editor's cardboard covered in printed parchment, sleeve, case First edition The text is printed in Russian ; it is...

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Lot n° 6

◊ Exceptional letter from Pablo...

◊ Exceptional letter from Pablo Picasso to his friend Max Jacob, testament to the priviledged links between the two men. Pablo Picasso and Max Jacob met in Paris in 1901, sharing a room there. Max Jacob would go on to become Picasso's first supporter,...

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Lot n° 7

◊ Georges Hugnet (1906-1974) La...

◊ Georges Hugnet (1906-1974) La Chevre-Feuille. With six engravings by Pablo Picasso. Paris, Robert J. Godet publisher, 1943. In-4, stitched, with printed cover and sheets First edition Illustrated with six Picasso engravings One of the first 25 prints...

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Lot n° 8

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Tête,...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Tête, tapestry project, 1959 Indian ink and color pencil on paper Signed, dated and dedicated on the back 72 x 69 cm Notes : - Only the Indian ink was done by Pablo Picasso - Drawings sent by Pablo Picasso to Mrs Francine Pellequer...

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Lot n° 9

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Tête,...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Tête, tapestry project, 1959 Indian ink by Pablo Picasso Color pencil not made by the artist Signed and dedicated on the back 71 x 52 cm Notes : - Only the Indian ink was done by Pablo Picasso - Drawings sent by Pablo Picasso...

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Lot n° 10

Pair of Louis XIII armchairs in...

Pair of Louis XIII armchairs in moulded wood. Most probably embroidered by Mrs. Max Pellequer after receiving drawings by Picasso, created in the armchairs' exact dimensions. To our knowledge, only these two chairs were upholstered after the drawings. 112...

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Lot n° 11

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Femme...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Femme assise, 1902 Bronze with brown patina Moulding created in 1902 and cast later in an edition of 12. Signed, numbered 2/12 and foundry's stamp, Alexis Rudier, Paris H : 14 cm Bibliography : - D.-H. Kahnweiler, Les Sculptures...

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Lot n° 12

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Femme...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Femme se coiffant Bronze with brown patina Numbered : > Edition of 10 Bears the foundry's stamp > H : 42,2 cm Note : created in 1906, this was cast in 1968 in an edition of 10 Bibliography : - A. Level, Picasso, Paris, 1928,...

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Lot n° 13

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Saltimbanque...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Saltimbanque au Repos (Saltimbanques series) (1905), 1913 Etching and drypoint on wove paper Van Gelder Zonen Edition of 250. Printed by Ambroise Vollard, Paris Imprimeur Fort, Paris 51 x 33 cm (la feuille) 12 x 8,5 cm (l’image) Exhibition:...

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Lot n° 14

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Les...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Les Pauvres (Saltimbanques series) (1905) - 1913 Etching and drypoint on laid paper Van Gelder Zonen Edition of 250. Printed by Ambroise Vollard, Paris Imprimeur Fort 51 x 33 cm (la feuille) 23,5 x 18 cm (l’image) Exhibition:...

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Lot n° 15

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and Atelier Madoura Visage noir, 1948 Set of four white faience plates, with green, red and white engobe decor, knife engraving, glossy black background Debossed 'Madoura plein feu' and 'Edition Picasso' and annotated on the...

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Lot n° 16

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Corrida,...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Corrida, 1954 Signed letter, sent from Vallauris on August 5 1954, in black ink, to "my dear friend" and bearing a drawing of a bullfight with a torero facing a bull in the center of the arena. 27 x 21 cm

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Lot n° 17

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Bouteille...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Bouteille et verre, 1956 Drawing in blue ballpoint pen along with a letter to Max (Pallequer) sent from Cannes on 17.1.56 and signed Votre Picasso 27 x 21 cm

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Lot n° 18

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) La...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) La croisette à Cannes, 1957 On the front a colored pencil drawing, with graphite title, location and date : Cannes, le 29.6.57 / St Pierre and St Paul On the reverse, a short handwritten note to Max (Pellequer) signed by Picasso...

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Lot n° 19

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Plage,...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Plage, 1957 Color pencil drawing on paper within a letter to My dear friend, from the La Californie villa in Cannes, dated 22.8.57 and signed Picasso in which he sends a check for the tax collector. In 1955, Picasso left Vallauris...

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Lot n° 20

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Palmiers,...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Palmiers, soleil et pluie, 1957 Colored pencil drawing heading a handwritten letter in brown pencil, sent from La Californie on 13.11.57 and signed Picasso on the bottom right, in which he sends 'Dear Max' chacks for his contributions. 21...

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Lot n° 21

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil et palmiers, 1957 Full-sheet drawing with green, orange, yellow and brown colored pencil, showing a sun atop three palm trees, preface to a letter sent from La Californie on 28.11.57 with the following comment: (le ciel...

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Lot n° 22

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil au dessus de la mer, 1958 Signed autograph letter and written in blue ballpoint, sent from Paris, 126 Bd Malherbes, dated 3.4.58, to Monsieur Max Pellequer and bearing a small drawing on the top left showing a sun reflected...

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Lot n° 23

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) -Soleil,...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) -Soleil, 1959 -Signed autograph letter in blue ballpoint pen, sent from La Californie, on 22.10.59, to 'My dear Max' and bearing a small drawing on the top left representing a sun in green, yellow, black and blue colored pencils....

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Lot n° 24

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil et palmiers, 1962 Signed autograph letter in two pages sent from N.D. de Vie, Mougins, on 17.12.62, to 'My dear Max' and ending with an oil pastel and blue, yellow, green and brown colored pencil representing three palm...

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Lot n° 25

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Palmiers...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Palmiers sous un ciel gris, 1963 Green, gray and brown colored pencil drawing showing three palm trees with grey skies, in the center of an autograph letter with an in-quarto page, sent from N.D. de Vie, Mougins, le 22.2.63...

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Lot n° 26

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Château...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Château de Vauvenargues, 1959 4-page autograph letter in-octo sent from Vauvenargues, on 7.8.59 and destined to 'My dear Max', in brown colored pencil and blue ballpoint. Headed by a drawing of the Chateau de Vauvenargues in...

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Lot n° 27

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Palmiers...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Palmiers sous la pluie - Barque, vélo, chien sous la pluie, 1958. Autograph letter in brown pencil, sent from La Californie, on 31.10.58 to 'My dear Max', signed Picasso on the back on the bottom right and bearing a colored...

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Lot n° 28

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil,...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil, 1961 Black and yellow colored pencil drawing representing a beautiful sun above an autograph letter handwritten in graphite, sent from N.D. de Vie, Mougins, on 9.8.61, signed Picasso on the bottom right, in which the...

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Lot n° 29

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Plage...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Plage sous le soleil, 1962 Signed two-page autograph letter sent from N.D. de Vie, Mougins, on 23.10.62, destined to 'My dear Max' and ending with a black ink and blue yellow and red pencils drawing, showing a beach crowded...

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Lot n° 30

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Château...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Château de Vauvenargues, 1959 Signed two-page autograph letter de deux pages in green blue and red pencil, Vauvenargues, on 4.5.59, destined to 'My dear Max' in which, other than checks meant for his contributions, the artist...

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Lot n° 31

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Château...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Château de Vauvenargues, 1959 Colored pencil drawing depicting the Chateau de Vauvenargues above an autograph letter in blue and brown pencil, sent from Vauvenargues, on 5.5.59, signed Picasso, in which the artist sends 'My...

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Lot n° 32

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Les...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Les Rois Mages, 1964 Full-sheet drawing in blue ballpoint pen with orange, purple and dark brown felt-tip pens addressed to Max Pellequer, on 7.1.64, representing the three wise men on their camels and located, on the back...

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Lot n° 33

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Baie...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Baie avec bâteaux and palmiers, 1966 Blue ballpoint pen drawing depicting a bay with boats and palm trees under a bright sun, in the center of an autograph letter signed in an in-quarto page, sent from N-D de Vie in Mougins,...

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Lot n° 34

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Palmier...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Palmier and soleil, 1957 Colored pencil drawing on the bottom right of a handwritten letter, itself written in various colored pencils (blue, marine blue, green, yellow, red), sent from La Californie villa, on 27.8.57 and signed...

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Lot n° 35

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil,...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil, 1957 Full-sheet drawing in green yellow and red pencil depicting a sun, in a letter to 'My dear friend Max', sent from La Californie, on 5.10.57 and signed 'Your Picasso' on the bottom left. Another letter for his contributions...

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Lot n° 36

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil,...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil, 1953 Signed autograph letter in blue ink, sent from Vallauris, on 21.2.53 to 'My dear Max' and with a drawing of the sun on the top right. Follows the January 3 letter regarding a ceramic service he made and sent for...

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Lot n° 37

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil,...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Soleil, 1956. Signed autograph letter in blue ballpoint pen, sent from Cannes, La Californie, on 30.1.56 to My dear Pellequer Max with a red pencil sun on the bottom right "A wonderful weather, a summer sun, weather from your...

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Lot n° 38

Georges Braque (1882-1963) Autograph...

Georges Braque (1882-1963) Autograph correspondence with Max Pellequer, 1927-1958 11 signed autograph letters - 29 Sept. 1927. 2 pages in-quarto Blue ink Lunch invitation - Avignon, 10 Sept. 47. 1 page in-quarto. Blue ink Braque mentions the theater week...

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Lot n° 39

◊ Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Autograph...

◊ Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Autograph correspondence with Max Pellequer, 1949 - Signed autograph letter dated March 1949 with a full sheet blue and red pencil drawing flower. 1 page in-quarto. Black ink. Envelope included. The flower is a pansy and refers...

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Lot n° 40

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Autograph...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Autograph correspondence with Max Pellequer, 1936-1947 5 signed autograph letters on various supports and a card with a Banque Nationale pour le Commerce and l'Industrie heading with Picassos signature. - Juan les Pins, 3 April...

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Lot n° 41

Pierre Reverdy (1889-1960) Henry...

Pierre Reverdy (1889-1960) Henry Laurens le sculpteur silencieux. Undated, not located (1946) Monogrammed and signed autograph manuscript (P.R., Pierre Reverdy) in 5 oblong in-quarto pages in black ink, in a blue folder on which is applied a label bearing...

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Lot n° 42

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Set of...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Set of 74 envelopes to Max Pellequer. 1947-1964 74 autograph envelopes in India ink, blue ink, colored pencil, felt-tip pen, ballpoint, pencil

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Lot n° 43

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Autograph...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Autograph correspondence with Max Pellequer, The Mougins years, 1962-1966 5 signed autograph letters in various formats and materials, mainly administrative, and one postcard. Also included : - Postcard from 1 Feb.1959, from...

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Lot n° 44

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Autograph...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Autograph correspondence with Max Pellequer, the Vallauris years, 1950-1955 35 signed autograph letters in various formats and materials. - 19 letters (2 May 1950 - 3 May 1950 - 5 May 1950 - 11 May 1950 - 3 March 1953 - 17.4.53...

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Lot n° 45

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Autograph...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Autograph correspondence with Max Pellequer, Les années La Californie a Cannes, 1955-1961 91 signed autograph letters in different formats and materials, and a newspaper clipping. - 2 letters (21 Dec. 1955 - 18.12.58), one page...

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Lot n° 46

◊ Two Album amicorum for Georges...

◊ Two Album amicorum for Georges Pellequer (1924-2013) 2 albums in-octo on vellum paper. Albums amicorum belonging to Georges Pellequer, son of Raoul and nephew to Max Close to 116 painters, artists, musicians, writers, theater directors, soldiers, contributed...

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Lot n° 47

Maurice Raynal (1884-1954) Pablo...

Maurice Raynal (1884-1954) Pablo Picasso. L'Effort Moderne edition, Les Maîtres du Cubisme Collection, Paris, 1920. In-4, in sheets, in sleeve with laced flaps. First edition of 100 nominative and numbered editions on laid paper. Presentation text by...

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Lot n° 48

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Festival...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Festival Mondial de la Jeunesse, circa 1965 Scarf printed in four colors (red, yellow, blue, gray and brown) 72 x 72 cm - framed

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Lot n° 49

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Ex-libris...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Ex-libris for Max Pellequer, 1930 Original copper engraved by Picasso 'for my friend Max Pellequer'. The painter composed two different versions, engraved on the same copper. 14 x 19,5 cm

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Lot n° 50

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Ex-libris...

◊ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Ex-libris for Max Pellequer, 1930 Original etchings. Framed. Ex-libris engraved by Picasso 'For my friend Max Pellequer'. The painter composed two different versions, engraved on the same copper. Printed on fine laid paper,...

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