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The Blind Man
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Rights: © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Possibly Alfred Fletcheim Düsseldorf. [1] Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler Paris.[2] Paul Schüler Bochum.[3] [Galerie Jean Aron Paris] sold; to [Galerie Pierre Paris] 1930 sold; to [René Gimpel Paris] sold; to Toledo Museum of Art Toledo Ohio 1930 [4] by exchange; to Edouard Jonas New York 1936 sold; through [Knoedler & Co. New York NY] to F. Valentine Dudensing & Valentine Gallery New York.[5] Sold; to Maurice Wertheim New York 1936 bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1951.
[1] Listed as "Sammlung Fletcheim" in 1913 publication. Hildebrandt H. "Die Fruhbilder Picassos" in Kunst und Künstler: illustrierte Monatsschrift für bildende Kunst und Kunstgewerbe XI (1913): 337. No illustration.
[2] Credited as "Foto Simon" in Elseviers Geïllustreerd Maandschrift. Jaargang 35 (1925): pl. LXII. Kahnweiler renamed his gallery "Gallery Simon" in 1921 when he returned to Paris from exile.
[3] Listed as "Sammlung Schüler Bochum" in 1927 publication. Illustrierte Zeitung (November 1927): 738.
[4] Featured in a 1930 exhibition review of a show at Galerie Jean Aron in Paris which notes the work was recently acquired by the Toledo Museum of Art. Documents: Archéologie Beaux-Arts Ethnographie Variété Vol. 2 (1930): 303. Sales through Galerie Pierre and Galerie Gimpel derived from a letter between William Hutton Senior Curator of the Toledo Museum of Art and Margaret P. Morgan in the Fogg Museum's Print Department dated August 31 1978 housed in curatorial files.
[5] Knoedler Stock Book 8 Page 152 Row 19 Stock No. A1637
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest from the Collection of Maurice Wertheim Class of 1906
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