Provenance:
Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Paris.
Luritia ‘Rue’ Winterbotham (Mrs. John Alden Carpenter) (1876 – 1931), Chicago, IL, (probably) acquired from the above, by 1930; thence by descent to her daughter Genevieve ‘Ginny’ Baldwin Carpenter (Mrs. Patrick C. Hill) (1902 – 1984), Pecos, TX, (probably) in 1931.
G. David Thompson (1899 – 1965), Pittsburgh, PA, by 1955.
Ernst Beyeler (1921 – 2010), Galerie Beyeler, Basel, acquired from the above in July 1960 (inv. no. Th. 167 and 3435).
Lillian and James H. Clark, Dallas, TX, acquired from the above on 7 Dec. 1963.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (inv. no. 12352).
Meshulam Riklis, New York, acquired from the above in Feb. 1972.
His sale; Christie’s, London, 29 March 1977, lot 61 (unsold);
Thence by descent to his daughter.
Simona ‘Mona’ (Riklis) Ackerman (d. 2012), New York.
Her Estate sale; Christie’s, New York, 8 May 2013, lot 35 ($9,195,750).
Private Collection, acquired at the above sale.

Literature:
A.H. Barr, ed., Painting in Paris, from American collections, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1930, pp. 13, 36-37, no. 72 (titled Musical instruments).
A.H. Barr, ed., Cubism and Abstract Art, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1936, p. 221, no. 226 (illus., p. 99, fig. 87; titled Still Life).
A.H. Barr, Picasso: Forty Years of his Art, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1939, p. 118, no. 182 (illus., titled Musical Instruments).
A.H. Barr, Picasso: Forty Years of His Art, New York, 1946, p. 133 (illus., titled Musical Instrument).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. V: oeuvres de 1923 à 1925, Paris, 1952, no. 89 (illus. pl. 48).
Paintings from Private Collections, New York, 1955, p. 17, n.n. (titled Musical Instruments).
Thompson, Pittsburgh: Aus einer amerikanischen Privatsammlung, exh. cat., Kunsthaus, Zürich, 1960, n.p., no. 171 (illus. in colour, titled Stilleben mit Mandoline).
Ausstellung Sammlung G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh/USA, exh. cat., Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, 1960, n.p., no. 171 (illus., titled Stilleben mit Mandoline).
Collectie Thompson uit Pittsburgh, exh. cat., Haages Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, 1961, n.p., no. 164 (illus. titled Stilleven met Mandoline).
One Hundred Paintings from the G. David Thompson Collection, exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1961, n.p., n.n.
Esposizione, Collezione G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, USA, exh. cat., Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin, 1961, no. 113.
Le Cubisme: Braque, Gris, Léger, Picasso, exh. cat., Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1962, n.p., no. 13 (illus.)
D. Cooper, Picasso: Two Concurrent Retrospective Exhibitions, exh. cat., Fort Worth Art Center Museum and Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, TX, 1967, p. 95, no. 37 (illus. p. 49).
20^th Century Masters on paper, exh. cat., Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1994, n.p., n.n.
A. Wofsy, ed., The Picasso Project, Picasso’s Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: Neoclassicism II, 1922 – 1924, San Francisco, CA, 1996, p. 123, no. 23-047 (illus.)
J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: From the Ballets to Drama, 1917 – 1926, Cologne, 1999, pp. 399 & 518, no. 1431 (illus. p. 398; dated ‘autumn 1923’ and incorrectly listed as neither signed nor dated).

Exhibited:
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Painting in Paris, from American collections, 19 Jan. – 16 Feb. 1930, no. 72.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Cubism and Abstract Art, 2 March – 19 April 1936, no. 226 (titled Still Life).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Picasso: Forty Years of His Art, 15 Nov. 1939 – 7 Jan. 1940, no. 182 (titled Musical Instruments).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Paintings from Private Collections, 31 May – 5 Sept. 1955, n.n. (titled Musical Instruments).
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Thompson, Pittsburgh: Aus einer amerikanischen Privatsammlung, 15 Oct. – 27 Nov. 1960, no. 171; this exhibition then travelled to Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum (as Ausstellung Sammlung G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh/USA), 14 Dec. 1960 – 29 Jan. 1961, no. 171; The Hague, Haages Gemeentemuseum (as Collectie Thompson uit Pittsburgh), 17 Feb. – 9 April 1961, no. 164; New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (as One Hundred Paintings from the G. David Thompson Collection), 26 May – 27 Aug. 1961, n.n.; and Turin, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna (as Espodizione, Collezione G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, USA), Oct. – Nov. 1961, no. 113.
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Le Cubisme: Braque, Gris, Léger, Picasso, May – June 1962, no. 13.
Fort Worth and Dallas, TX, Fort Worth Art Center Museum and Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Picasso: Two Concurrent Retrospective Exhibitions, 8 Feb. – 26 March 1967, no. 37.
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 20^th Century Masters on paper, 4 May – 4 June 1994, n.n.

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Claude Picasso dated 8 Oct. 2019.