Property from a Canadian Estate
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Portrait d'Irène Rignault
signed Picasso, dated 13.10.53 and dedicated Et pour Irene (upper left)
colored pencil and pastel on paper
10 ½ by 8 ¼ in.
26.8 by 21.1 cm.
Executed on 13 October 1953.
Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Condition Report
Provenance
Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris
Marlborough-Godard Gallery, Toronto
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Heisey, Toronto (acquired in 1979)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
Winnipeg Art Gallery; Calgary, Glenbow-Alberta Institute; Vancouver Art Gallery; Edmonton Art Gallery and Toronto, Mira Godard Gallery, Picasso—A Selection of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings (1902-1972), 1978 - 1979, no. 14, illustrated
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Picasso at Large in Toronto Collections, 1988, no. 31