Bidspirit auction | PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) & ROQUE

PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) & ROQUE JACQUELINE: (1926-1986) - PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement & ROQUE JACQUELINE: (1926-1986) French model, muse and the second wife of Pablo Picasso from 1961. A.L.S., Picasso and Jacqueline , the body of text in the hand of the latter, to the verso of a colour picture postcard (the recto featuring a reproduction of Picasso´s painting titled Queen Isabeau , 1909), n.p., n.d., to [Max Pellequer], in French. The couple send a brief message, in full, ´Merci infinement pour les bulletins. Je me rejoulis de vous voir et vous embrasse´ (Translation: ´Thank you so much for the letters. I’m really looking forward to seeing you and send you my love´ ). A couple of minor corner creases, VG Max Pellequer (1903-1973) French banker and art collector who would become Picasso´s private banker, financial adviser and close friend. Pellequer assembled an important collection of artworks in the 1920s and 1930s which included a number of significant early pieces by Picasso, as well as works by Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro and others. Almost two hundred letters from Pellequer to Picasso are preserved in the Musee National Picasso in Paris.