Bande Dessinée
Pablo Picasso (Malaga 1881 - Mougins 1973)
Lot-No. 265
Etching a. dry point, 43 x 33 cm, lo. ri. autographed Picasso, lo. le. num. 29/50, some dam., mounted in Passepartout, framed under glass. - Cat. rais.: Block 1491. - 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: Bande Dessinée
Pablo Picasso (Malaga 1881 - Mougins 1973)
Bande Dessinée
Lot-No. 265
Etching a. dry point, 43 x 33 cm, lo. ri. autographed Picasso, lo. le. num. 29/50, some dam., mounted in Passepartout, framed under glass. - Cat. rais.: Block 1491. - 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.