Écuyer à cheval. Drawing on paper. Cm 33,00 x 25,00. 1905 (?). Claude Picasso's authenticity certificate on photo. Publication: Pablo Picasso, Christian Zervos, Volume XXII, 1903-1906. Cahiers d'Art, Parigi, Editions, 1970, ill.265, p.98. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 2008; Private Collection, France.In 1904 Picasso moved to a studio in Montmartre where he remained until 1909. During this period he often began to go to the nearby Cirque Medrano and this frequentation influenced his artistic career during this period. In fact he began to make numerous sketches of clowns, acrobats and artists. This work is linked to this important series of studies and depicts an acrobat on horseback. This particular piece is one of the most active in the series.(C). Frame present