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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 23, 2010 | Christie's | London | Impressionist/Modern Evening Sale | 8 | $****** - ****** | Portrait d'Angel Fernández de Soto | |||
May 8, 1995 | Sotheby's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Paintings & Sculpture - Stralem Collection | 14 | Estimates not disclosed | Angel Fernandez de Soto |
paintings
55.3 x 70.3 cm (21.77 x 27.68 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'Picasso 1903' (upper right)
Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Berlin. Justin K. Thannhauser, Berlin and Lucerne, by 31 August 1935. M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, by whom acquired from the above on 2 September 1936. William H. Taylor, West Chester, Pennsylvania, by whom acquired from the above in October 1936. Donald and Jean Stralem, New York, by whom acquired from the above through the agency of M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, in May 1946;
sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 1995, lot 14.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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