Pablo Picasso, Guitare et compotier sur une table carrée, Paris, 9 December 1920, Grease crayons and pastel over preliminary drawing in pencil

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Guitare et compotier sur une table carrée

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) · Paris, 9 December 1920

CHF 400,000 hammer

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Medium: Pastel · Works on paper all pastel results →
As published: “Grease crayons and pastel over preliminary drawing in pencil”
Category: Drawings
Dimensions: 27 x 21 cm
Auction house: Kornfeld
Sale: Auction 278: Live Auction - Part 1 (278)
Date: June 16, 2023
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Lot: 125
Estimate: CHF 500,000 – — (≈ $561,200) (≈ £437,174) (≈ €511,764)
Source: Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026

Provenance (4)

Collection Léonide Massine (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo)
Collection Mrs. Mack
Saidenberg Gallery, New York, from there to
Private collection USA

Literature (2)

Catalogue raisonné: Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Œuvres 1920-1922, vol. 30, Suppl., Paris 1975, no. 124
Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso. Des ballets au drame (1917-1926), Cologne 1999, no. 926

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