Lot #2716: PABLO PICASSO - Portrait of the father and the son - Color pencil drawing on paper

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973).
Title: "Portrait of the father and the son".
Medium: Color pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1972.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 x 5 in. (203 x 127 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, upper left; dated in pencil, lower right. Drawn on cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: The work comes from the collection of Urbano Quinto and was acquired directly from Picasso at his studio in Cannes, France, in 1972. A noted Italian art historian, art dealer, and art collector, Urbano Quinto acquired works from classical artists of the 20th Century as well as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, and other Pop and Graffiti artists, often directly from the artists themselves during the 1950’s through the 1980’s. A copy of the Letter of Authenticity by Urbano Quinto pertaining to this work accompanies the lot. Comment(s): The complete title of the work, in English, is “Portrait of Urbano Quinto and Mauro Urbano with the gaze united in unison towards the same future to represent the Roman numeral “Five” that alludes to the name Quinto.” Please see the attached image of Urbano Quinto with Halston, Andy Warhol, and Bianca Jagger at Studio 54, New York City, c1977 (courtesy of and copyright © by Hasse Persson). Picasso image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30557-2-24000]