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Certificate of authenticity established by Mr. Claude Ruiz-Picasso (Picasso Committee)
Franck Elgar Collection I Private Collection, Paris
This work represents Franck Elgar, journalist and art critic. Pablo Picasso draws his portrait on the first page of a copy of a book printed especially for him. It represents him leaning in profile, examining a painting with a magnifying glass.
He is an influential writer in the art world and has published numerous biographies including those of Paul Cézanne, Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh. He is also one of the two editors of the “Grand Dictionary of Painters” published by Hazan,
