Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Original signed DRAWING with autograph dedication on the title page of the catalog Hommage à Pablo Picasso (Paris, Grand Palais, 1966- 1967); in-4, paperback.
Copy no. 123.
On the title page, Picasso has drawn in red ballpoint pen a large head wearing a toque (Rembrandt?), signed in the shape of a nose in the face, dedicated at the top of the page: "Pour mon Ami Nounous", and dated at the bottom: "le 2.3.73" (i.e. one month before his death, on April 8, 1973). This is his chauffeur Maurice Bresnu aka "Nounours".
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Lot no. 116

Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) Original signed DRAWING with autograph dedication on the title page of the catalog Hommage à Pablo Picasso (Paris, Grand Palais, 1966- 1967); in-4, paperback. Copy no. 123. On the title page, Picasso has drawn in red ballpoint pen a large head wearing a toque (Rembrandt?), signed in the shape of a nose in the face, dedicated at the top of the page: "Pour mon Ami Nounous", and dated at the bottom: "le 2.3.73" (i.e. one month before his death, on April 8, 1973). This is his chauffeur Maurice Bresnu aka "Nounours".

Estimate
€3,000 - €4,000
Result
€4,500
Buyer's premium
25%
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) Original signed DRAWING with autograph dedication on the title page of the catalog Hommage à Pablo Picasso (Paris, Grand Palais, 1966- 1967); in-4, paperback. Copy no. 123. On the title page, Picasso has drawn in red ballpoint pen a large head wearing a toque (Rembrandt?), signed in the shape of a nose in the face, dedicated at the top of the page: "Pour mon Ami Nounous", and dated at the bottom: "le 2.3.73" (i.e. one month before his death, on April 8, 1973). This is his chauffeur Maurice Bresnu aka "Nounours".
Sale Friday 28 March 2025・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 16 - Hôtel Drouot 9, rue Drouot 75009 Paris