Pablo Picasso

Gerald Cramer, Switzerland (gifted by the artist)

Private collection, Switzerland (by descent from the above)

Private collection, Paris

This work is accompanied by a certificate from Claude Ruiz Picasso, on behalf of the Picasso Authentification, dated 25 January 2022.

This beautiful and refined drawing was executed by Picasso on a separate sheet of paper as a gift for Gerald Cramer to whom he dedicated a copy of the artist’s book Le Cocu Magnifique, 1968.

Accompanying this work are 12 loose original etchings and aquatints by Picasso and the book: P. Picasso & F. Crommelynck, Le Cocu Magnifique, ed. de l’Atelier Crommelynck, Paris, 1968, example no. 64, 29 x 39.5 cm (Bloch: Bl. 1244 - 1255 – Cramer: C.140 – Baer. B.1432 - 1443)