Christie’s litigates the cancellation of a Picasso sculpture sale
A consignor and Christie’s disputed the auction house’s decision to rescind the sale of Tête Cubiste (Tête de Fernande), a bronze attributed to Picasso after the buyer questioned its authenticity. Claude Picasso later supplied a certificate. The New York court declined to dispose of the core contract dispute on summary judgment. Image: a separate museum cast of Picasso’s Head of a Woman (Fernande), Musée national Picasso-Paris.
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