Clin d'oeil à Velazquez: Infante de trois quarts
Pablo Picasso Malaga 1881 - Mougins 1973
Lot-No. 634
Etching, 13,9 x 11,2 cm, lo. ri. autographed Picasso, lo. le. num. 41/50, up. ri. in the plate mirror-inverted dat. 6.8.68.II, mounted to the support in two places, framed under glass. - Cat. rais.: Bloch 1733. - From the series 347. - In a titanic effort the 87 year old Picasso created the 347 series, named after the number of it's prints. For him they were a proof of the creative possibilities of figuration in contrast to conceptual art. The artist demonstrates his still vital mastery of drawing, but also of the different intaglio techniques. This productiveness was among others made possible by the printing workshop that the printer Crommelynck established in Picasso's house in Mougins. - Universal genius, one of the most eminent artist of all times with ground-breaking achievements in nearly all genres, in the most important collections all over the world.
Pablo Picasso: Clin d'oeil à Velazquez: Infante de trois quarts
Pablo Picasso Malaga 1881 - Mougins 1973
Clin d'oeil à Velazquez: Infante de trois quarts
Lot-No. 634
Etching, 13,9 x 11,2 cm, lo. ri. autographed Picasso, lo. le. num. 41/50, up. ri. in the plate mirror-inverted dat. 6.8.68.II, mounted to the support in two places, framed under glass. - Cat. rais.: Bloch 1733. - From the series 347. - In a titanic effort the 87 year old Picasso created the 347 series, named after the number of it's prints. For him they were a proof of the creative possibilities of figuration in contrast to conceptual art. The artist demonstrates his still vital mastery of drawing, but also of the different intaglio techniques. This productiveness was among others made possible by the printing workshop that the printer Crommelynck established in Picasso's house in Mougins. - Universal genius, one of the most eminent artist of all times with ground-breaking achievements in nearly all genres, in the most important collections all over the world.