Pablo PICASSO (1881–1973). - Lot 400

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Pablo PICASSO (1881–1973). - Lot 400
Pablo PICASSO (1881–1973). Handwritten, autograph letter written in black ink on blue paper. “My dear Eugenia, The cannons are firing again / on Paris. Don’t come— / the pleasure I would have in seeing you would be diminished by my anxiety. Wait. / Olga is still at the sanatorium. Write to me when you: can [let me know / please do]. I send you my love, Picasso Montrouge, May 27, 1918 (Seine) 22 R. Victor Hugo” Dimensions: Provenance: Eugenia Errazuriz (1860–1951). In 1918, at the end of World War I, the Germans bombarded Paris from a long range using special artillery pieces nicknamed the “Paris-Geschütze” (the “Grosses Parisiennes” or Paris cannons). Picasso would marry Olga a few months later, in July 1918.
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