Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973). Title: "Tête 4-10-1971". Medium: Charcoal, crayon, and watercolor drawing on paper. Date: Composed 1971. Dimensions: Overall size: 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in red crayon, lower right, recto; annotated with an underlined "19" in red pencil, upper right recto; collector ink stamps, verso. Painted on ruled paper from a spiral notebook. The full sheet. Overall good to very good condition; the colors fresh; the left edge serrated and with two punch holes; a small (1/16”) hole in the paper situated 3/8” directly left of the signature; two nicely repaired (unnoticeable from the recto) very small edge tears, neither of the two near the image; a nick in the edge upper right; the brittle paper toned an even brown, consistent with age; the work does not exhibit any tape remnants, creases, folds, stains, discoloration, or ink or marker marks. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: provenance@stanfordauctioneers.com for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): Two auction sales of works comparable to our example are “Tête de l´Arlequin,” 1971, chalk and brush on paper, 12 1/4" x 8 7/8," sold at a hammer price of $398,070 (€310,000) at Neumeister Kunstauktionen, Munich, 05/18/2006, lot #693; and “Tete – 1971,” 1971, pencil, colored pencils and ink on cardboard, 12 1/4" x 8 5/8," sold for $129,285 (€110,500) including premium at Artcurial, Paris, 06/04/2018, lot #28. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30193-2-160000]