Picasso Head 1996 [W/P]



Synthetic polymer paint on paper, 75 x 55

Signed, dated & titled (on reverse)

Private collection, Melbourne

This work was reported to the Arkley Estate in May 2014 by the owner, to whom the work is dedicated in an additional verso inscription by the artist. On a reduced scale, this work on paper echoes the composition and colouring of the original canvas: Picasso Head 1990.

Provenance

  • Given to the present owner by Arkley in 1996

Exhibited

  • Bayside Gallery, Brighton, 3 Sept.-23 Oct.2022 (“Eyes that see: Works from the collection of Norman Rosenblatt”)

Literature

  • Joanna Bosse & Doug Hall, Eyes that see: Works from the collection of Norman Rosenblatt, (exh.cat.), Bayside Gallery, 2022, ill.