Lot 744 · Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale
Buste d'homme à la cigarette
Pablo Picasso · pastel and colored wax crayons on paper
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- Estimate
- $1,000,000–$1,500,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale, New York · 4 December 2020
- Dimensions
- 29 ½ x 20 7/8 in. (75 x 52.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3583008
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3583008 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3583008
Pablo Picasso, Buste d'homme à la cigarette. Christie's, 4 Dec 2020, lot 744. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3583008.
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Pablo Picasso, Buste d'homme à la cigarette. Christie's, 4 Dec 2020, lot 744. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3583008.
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