Gouache , watercolor and India ink. Signed and dated "Cannes, 19 juillet XXXIII" in the upper left. On creme paper. 40.1 x 50.5 cm. . [JS].
- Colorful, painterly, and large: an outstanding testimony to Picasso's undisputed draftsmanship. - “Artist and model” is a key theme of Picasso's oeuvre. - “Le Sculpteur et son Modèle”: an intimate document of the passionate love affair between Picasso and his muse Marie-Thérèse Walter. - Art and eros: Picasso masterfully blends the ancient Pygmalion iconography with the faun, his famous alter ego, to create an intimate double portrait with his young lover. - The companion piece “Le Sculpteur et la Statue,” is part of the renowned Picasso collection Berggreun, Berlin. - Most works of this quality are owned by notable collections, and hardly ever appear on the international auction market.
We are grateful to the heirs of Paul Rosenberg for their kind assistance. We are also grateful to Elisabeth Royer-Grimblat, Paris, for her kind expert advice.
LITERATURE: Cf. Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 8, works from 1932 to 1937, Paris 1957, catalogue raisonné numbers 120 and 121 (each with illustration). Galerie Motte, Geneva, Tableaux modernes, sale on February 13, 1976, at the Palace Hotel St. Moritz, lot 68 (illustrated) Sotheby's, London, Impressionist and Modern Paintings Part I, auction on November 30, 1993, lot 63 (illustrated) The Picasso Project Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, and Sculptures, a comprehensive illustrated catalog, Surrealism 1930-1936, San Francisco 1997, p. 177, cat. no. 33-071 (a) (illustrated) ARCHIVE MATERIAL: The Paul Rosenberg Archives, MoMA New York, Series III: Photographic Materials, Series III.A: Rosenberg Galleries (Paris) [circa 1910-1940], Subseries III.A.1 Galerie Paul Rosenberg (Paris) and Paul Rosenberg & Company (New York): black and white photographic prints collection [1910-1940], III.A. 1.12-41 Exhibitions and installations, Paris and New York, Folder III.A.1.27 Picasso, fol. 29: Exhibition view Paris 1936; Series III.B: Photographic Materials: PR & Co Research Collection: Artists files, Subseries III.B.1: Black and White Photographic Prints [1910s-1980s], III.B.1.119-330: Artists files, Contains gallery stock and private collection, Folder III.B.1.277 Pablo Picasso, fol. 17-18: Inventory photo. Federal Archives, Koblenz: B323/288 Seligmann, Rosenberg, Halphen, Bernheim-Jeune, Rosenberg-Bernstein collections, fol. 440; B323/294 Inventories of Reichsleiter Rosenberg's task force concerning works of art from the Rothschild collection in the depot of the German Embassy, Paris, fol. 256, 257; B323/1020 Collections Paul Rosenberg, Rosenberg-Bernstein, Bordeaux, and Rosengart-Famel, fol. 30ar and 30av. Services français de récupération artistique (spoliations de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale), Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères, Archives diplomatiques, La Courneuve: Série ERR - Inventaires de l'Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (1940-1959), 209SUP/103/29 ERR - inventaires est listes des caisses pour Nikolsburg; Album de photographies (1940-1950), 209SUP/998 Rosenberg (Paul), fol. 165. NARA, Washington D.C.: Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg Card File and Photos, 1940-1945, RG 260, M1943 Roll 25, p. 97, Rosenberg-Bernstein Bordeaux 8.
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