Picasso, Pablo - Postcard with autograph note signed (excellent provenance) for Sale

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Picasso, Pablo - Postcard with autograph note signed (excellent provenance):
$4200.00

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) - Postcard with autographnote signed (excellent provenance)

Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet,playwright and one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century.

Postcard signed “Picasso”. Postcard, 6.0 x 4.25 inch, n.p., n.d. The postcard representingPicasso’s home in Vauvenargues. The card also bears the signature of his wifeJacqueline as well as those of the Zervos couple, editors and friends of Picasso.From top to bottom: handwritten by Yvonne Zervos, in French: “proprieté dePicasso. Nous sommes heureux. Yvonne Zervos. Nous pensons à vous avec amitié”.Translated: “Property of Picasso. We are happy. Yvonne Zervos. We think of youin friendship”. She also wrotes the recipient\'s address. After that we see twohandwritten lines written by Pablo Picasso, in Spanish: “He tenido mucho gustoen verle. Picasso”. Translated: “I\'ve been very pleased to see you Picasso”. Atthe bottom of the card we see the signature of Jacqueline Roque/ Picasso(1927-1986) followed by that of Christian Zervos. Fine condition. The Zervoscouple met Picasso in the 1920s. Christian, art critic and editor of Cahiersd\'art, regularly publishes articles on contemporary painters. Particularlyappreciating the works of Picasso, he wrote a catalog raisonné of his worksover several decades, with the collaboration of the master. He also helped tomake Matisse and Braque known. His wife Yvonne manages the family gallery whichexhibits great contemporary artists, in particular their friend Picasso. In thesummer of 1964, the Picasso’s invited the Zervos to stay at their home in Mougins,accompanied by René Char. The recipient of this postcard is Carlo Frua deAngeli, a wealthy industrialist from Milan, a great collector of contemporarypaintings and a friend of Picasso and Zervos. He is also the ex-husband ofartist Mary Callery, who exhibited with Picasso in the 1930s. As for theChâteau de Vauvenargues represented on the postcard, it is a favorite ofPicasso, in 1958 he bought the building from which he could admire the SainteVictoire. Excellent provenance: comes from Frua de Angeli\'s estate.

COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY BY ANDREAS WIEMER HISTORICALAUTOGRAPHS. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Istarted collecting autographs of famous personalities as a teenager in 1985.During the last 20 years I’m specialized in buying and selling rare historicalautographs, documents and manuscripts. My large reference library includes allthe standard works with more than 100 books on the subject. I’m a member of allmajor autograph organizations (PADA - Professional Autograph DealersAssociation, Manuscript Society and so on) and the author of several publishedarticles and reference books incl. the standard works: “John F. Kennedy -autograph study” and “Presidents of the United States - AUTOPEN GUIDE”.