Pablo Picasso, Buste d'homme, Paris, February 1905, Drypoint on laid paper

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Buste d'homme

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) · Paris, February 1905

CHF 55,000 hammer

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Medium: Drypoint · Prints & multiples all drypoint results →
As published: “Drypoint on laid paper”
Support: Paper
Signed / inscribed: Signed by the artist in pencil · Pablo Picasso signature
Category: Etchings
Dimensions: 12 x 9.3 cm, plate mark; 30.2 x 22.2 cm, sheet size
Auction house: Kornfeld
Sale: Auction 287: Art of the 19th to 21st Centuries - Live Auction (287)
Date: September 11, 2025
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Lot: 442
Estimate: CHF 50,000 – — (≈ $62,515) (≈ £46,263) (≈ €53,500)
Source: Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026

Provenance (3)

The Maurice Gobin Collection, Paris (1883-1962), Lugt 1124a (recto) and 1124b (verso)
Auction Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 26 June 1981, lot 136, where acquired by
Private collection USA

Literature (2)

Catalogue raisonné: Geiser/Baer 5/a (of C)
Catalogue raisonné: Bloch 4

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