Guernica
Pablo Picasso (Malaga 1881 - Mougins 1973)
Lot-No. 348
1990. 42 Offset prints. 60 x 40 cm. Num. 1421/1937, mattet and verso stamp: By Spadem et Heritiers de Picasso, Paris 1990. Paper partially wavy. Complete facsimile edition of all 42 sketches on paper for Guernica in the original format. Accompanying booklet in French and English and original box. - Universal genius, one of the most important artists in the history of art, who made groundbreaking achievements in almost all artistic genres, in the most important collections of the whole world. P. studied from 1885 at the academies of Barcelona and Madrid. In the first years of the 20th century Picasso succeeded after difficult beginnings to establish himself in the art metropolis Paris. His immense creativity and stylistic diversity, in addition to the sheer abundance of creations made P. the unrivaled painter prince of an entire era. Mus.: New York (MoMA, Metrop. Mus.), Paris (Centre Pompidou) Mus. Picasso), Barcelona (Mus. Picasso), London (Tate Modern), Berlin (Neue Nat.-Gal., Mus. Berggruen), Chicago (Art Institute), St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Moskau (Pushkin Mus.), Madrid (Mus. Reina Sofia), Basel a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit, Zervos: P. P. Cat. rais., Bloch: Cat. de l’oeuvre gravé et lithographié a. others.
Pablo Picasso: Guernica
Pablo Picasso (Malaga 1881 - Mougins 1973)
Guernica
Lot-No. 348
1990. 42 Offset prints. 60 x 40 cm. Num. 1421/1937, mattet and verso stamp: By Spadem et Heritiers de Picasso, Paris 1990. Paper partially wavy. Complete facsimile edition of all 42 sketches on paper for Guernica in the original format. Accompanying booklet in French and English and original box. - Universal genius, one of the most important artists in the history of art, who made groundbreaking achievements in almost all artistic genres, in the most important collections of the whole world. P. studied from 1885 at the academies of Barcelona and Madrid. In the first years of the 20th century Picasso succeeded after difficult beginnings to establish himself in the art metropolis Paris. His immense creativity and stylistic diversity, in addition to the sheer abundance of creations made P. the unrivaled painter prince of an entire era. Mus.: New York (MoMA, Metrop. Mus.), Paris (Centre Pompidou) Mus. Picasso), Barcelona (Mus. Picasso), London (Tate Modern), Berlin (Neue Nat.-Gal., Mus. Berggruen), Chicago (Art Institute), St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Moskau (Pushkin Mus.), Madrid (Mus. Reina Sofia), Basel a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit, Zervos: P. P. Cat. rais., Bloch: Cat. de l’oeuvre gravé et lithographié a. others.
