Oil on canvas. Featuring a Blue Period portrait of a young man with a pipe. Signed Picasso on the lower right corner. Gallery label affixed to verso inscribed ROBERT SCHOELKOPF GALLERY / 825 Madison Avenue New York NY 10021 / ARTIST: Pablo Picasso / TITLE: (blank) / MEDIUM: / SIZE / DATE: / NO. Also affixed to verso is a gallery label inscribed EUGENE VISTOR THAW / YES PARK AVENUE NEW YORK / Pablo Picasso / Oil on Canvas / 15.5 23 and stamped Succ Pablo PICASSO Coll. Marina PICASSO on verso. Signed Picasso on verso. Label affixed to verso inscribed MUSEU PICASSO PICASSO / BARCELONA - ESPANA. Stamped Musee d'Orsay Paris Francia. Attributed to Pablo Picasso (1881-1973, Spanish). 60 x 40 cm (23.5 x 15.75 inches). PROVENANCE: This lot carries limited provenance from a Southern Italian estate

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