Tête de Jeune Garçon. 1945.
Lithograph.
Bloch 378. Mourlot 8 - 3 (of 3). Signed and numbered and dated "7.11.45" in the stone. From an edition of 50 copies. On wove paper by Arches (with truncated watermark). 29.2 x 22.7 cm (11.4 x 8.9 in). Sheet: 44,1 x 33 cm (17,3 x 13 in).
[JS].
• Picasso‘s son Paul Joseph
• Male portrait in archaic style
• Other impressions are at MOMA, TATE and the Detroit Institute of Arts
• One of the earliest prints made at Atelier Fernand Mourlot
• A nostalgic return to the artist‘s youth.

PROVENANCE: Pace Editions Inc., New York (with a label on the rear board).
Dr. Günther Ohloff, Geneva (acquired from aforementioned in 1981).
Private collection Southern Germany (inherited from aforementioned).