PABLO PICASSO PABLO PICASSO Drawings

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PABLO PICASSO PABLO PICASSO Drawings
PABLO PICASSO
Drawings, Prints and Ceramics
January 31st - March 29th, 2014
PRINTS
Pablo Picasso
"Deux femmes nues dans un arbre"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Deux femmes nues dans un arbre"
etching on Arches paper
1931
37,5 x 29,2 cm Darstellung / 66 x 50,2 cm Blatt / 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. image / 26 x 19
3/4 in. sheet
signed lower right and numbered 11/100 lower left
edition of 100 + EA
Bloch 234
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibited
Marlborough Gallery, New York 2010. Celebrating the Muse: Women in Picasso's Prints
1905 - 1968.(Label)
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso. Catalogue of the printed graphic work 1904-1967. Vol. I.
Berne 1971. P. 78, no. 234, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Le viol VII"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Le viol VII"
Radierung und Kaltnadelradierung auf Montval Bütten
2. November 1933
20 x 28 cm Darstellung / 38,5 x 50,3 cm Blatt
signiert unten rechts, datiert und bezeichnet in der Platte oben rechts PARIS 2 novembre
XXXIII' (seitenverkehrt)
Eines von 50 Exemplaren auf breitrandigem Papier mit Wasserzeichen 'Papeterie
Montgolfier à Montval'
Auflage 313 Exemplare
Bloch 202; Geiser 378 X b
Blatt 32 aus der Suite Vollard, neunter und letzter Zustand der Serie "Le viol".
Die Gesamtauflage besteht aus 3 vom Künstler signierten und numerierten Exemplaren auf
Velin, 260 Exemplaren auf Montval Bütten mit Wasserzeichen 'Vollard' oder 'Picasso' und
50 Exemplaren auf breitrandigem Montval Bütten mit Wasserzeichen 'Papeterie
Montgolfier à Montval'.
Pablo Picasso
"Le viol IV"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Le viol IV"
Radierung und Kaltnadelradierung auf Montval Bütten
22. April 1933
20 x 28 cm Darstellung / 39 x 50,3 cm Blatt
signiert unten rechts
Einer von 50 Abzügen auf breitrandigem Papier mit Wasserzeichen 'Papeterie Montgolfier
à Montval'
Auflage 313 Exemplare
Bloch 181; Geiser 940 III b
Blatt 29 der Suite Vollard.
Die Gesamtauflage besteht aus 3 Exemplaren auf Velin, vom Künstler signiert und
numeriert, 260 Exemplaren auf Montval Bütten mit Wasserzeichen 'Vollard' oder 'Picasso'
und 50 Exemplaren auf breitrandigem Montval Bütten mit Wasserzeichen 'Papeterie
Montgolfier à Montval'
Pablo Picasso
"Famille de Saltimbanques"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Famille de Saltimbanques"
etching on Montval paper with small margin
March 30, 1933
19,3 x 26,7cm Darstellung / 33,8 x 44,6 cm Blatt / 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. image / 13 1/4 x
17 1/2 in. sheet
lower left dated and inscribed 'Paris 30 Mars XXXIII' in the plate (reversed)
edition of 3 on parchment; 50 on Montval Montgolfier paper with wide margin; 250 on
Montval paper with small margin
Bloch 163; Geiser 316 II
Folio 54 of the Suite Vollard.
Provenance
Galeria Elvira González, Madrid
Private collection, Germany
Exhibited
Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz 2012. Pablo Picasso Suite Vollard. P. 152, no. 30, col. ill.
Literature
Geiser, Bernhard. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur, Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des
monotypes. Vol. II 1932-1934. Bern 1968. P. 80, no. 316, ill.
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso. Catalogue of the printed graphic work 1904-1967. Vol. I.
Berne 1971. P. 61, no. 163, ill.
Bollinger, Hans. Picassos Vollard Suite. London 1956/new edition 1994. P. XVII no. 54,
ill. p. 54
Fundación Juan March. Picasso Suite Vollard. Madrid 1996. P. 129, no. 30, col. ill. p. 56
Pablo Picasso
"Flutiste assise et dormeuse, XXII"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Flutiste assise et dormeuse, XXII"
monotype on 'Arches' laid paper
1933
14, 9 x 18,7 cm Darstellung / 17,4 x 25,5 cm Blatt / 5 7/8 x 7 3/8 in. image / 6 7/8 x
10 1/16 in. sheet
one of only two examples
Geiser 485
The work is accompanied by a letter from Claude Ruiz-Picasso confirming the authenticity
and that the work was part of the Picasso Succession and is listed in the inventory as no.
18446.
Provenance
Studio of the artist
Estate of the artist (Succession Picasso, 1973)
Private collection, USA
Exhibited
Annandale Galleries, Australia 2010.
Literature
Geiser, Bernhard. Picasso Peintre-Graveur, Tome II (1932-1934). Berne, 1968. No. 485.
P. 272 ill.
Beginning on January 19, 1933 and completed by the end of the same month, Picasso
created an extraordinary number of 47 monotypes on the same theme. Each motif, which
the artist printed three times at the most, is both creatively distinct yet aesthetically related
to the others.
Picasso rarely used the monotype technique, which produces a certain softness, enhancing
the sensuality of the image. It also provides the artist with greater freedom: painting the
image in oil or greasy ink directly onto the polished plate, rather than inscribing it into the
metal makes it much easier to correct the image in progress, or wipe the plate clean and
start over. It was Picasso himself who pulled the monotypes.
The flute and the simple lines evoke both the archaic past of ancient Greek mythology and
the idylls of pastoral poetry. Both figures bear Marie-Thérèse’s face. Picasso, who was
married to Olga Chochlova at the time, had been having an affair with her since 1927.
Pablo Picasso
"Au Cabaret (En la Taberna. Pêcheurs catalans en bordée)"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Au Cabaret (En la Taberna. Pêcheurs catalans en bordée)"
etching on Montval laid paper
November 11, 1934
23,8 x 29,9 cm Darstellung / 33,9 x 45,1 cm Blatt / image: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. / sheet:
13 3/8 x 17 3/4 in.
verso stamp of the Marina Picasso Collection and inventory no. 19808, which is registered
in the Picasso archives in Paris
edition of 50 + 6 EA + 65 (1961)
with watermark 'Vollard'
Bloch 286; Geiser 439 B. d.
Printed by Lacourière in 1942. Due to shortages of paper because of the war, he used the
paper the Suite Vollard had been printed on. According to Bernhard Geiser, author of the
catalogue raisonné of 1968, both editions were in the possession of the artist until 1966,
neither signed nor numbered.
One half of the edition was printed in black, the other in brown-black. The present work
was printed in brown-black.
In addition to the edition of 1942, another edition of 65 was printed in 1961, on Richard
de Bas paper, for the "La caisse à remords" suite. This suite comprised 45 etchings of the
years 1919 to 1955, and was published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Provenance
Marina Picasso
Private collection, USA
Exhibited
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work, Vol. I 1904-1967.
Bern 1971. P. 87, no. 286, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Portrait de Femme (Dora Maar au chignon)
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Portrait de Femme (Dora Maar au chignon)
Kaltnadelradierung auf geripptem Richard de Bas Papier
Oktober 1936
34,5 x 24,7 Darstellung / 51,5 x 40 cm Blatt
numeriert '11/50' unten links, Signaturstempel unten rechts
Auflage 50 Exemplare + 19 EA
Bloch 292; Baer 612.C.b.1.
Gedruckt bei Frélaut 1961, verlegt von Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris 1980. Zweite Auflage
nach der Verstählung der Kupferplatte; die erste Auflage von 56 + EA wurde 1942 von
Lacourière gedruckt.
Provenance
Privatsammlung, Deutschland
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Katalog des graphischen Werkes Bd. I 1904-1967.Bern
1971 S. 89, Nr. 292 mit Abb.
Baer, Brigitte. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur, Catalogue Raisonné de l´oeuvre gravé et des
monotypes. Bd. III 1935-1945. Bern 1986. S. 101, Nr. 612 mit Abb.
Pablo Picasso
"Tête de femme au chapeau"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Tête de femme au chapeau"
Radierung auf Velin Papier
9. Januar 1945
16,5 x 10,7 cm Darstellung / 32,5 x 25 cm Blatt
datiert in der Platte oben rechts '9 janvier 45' (spiegelverkehrt)
rückseitig Stempel 'Marina Picasso'
einer von sechs Probeabzügen in schwarz-weiß/
Bloch 374; Baer 699 A.a.
Gedruckt von Lacourière, Paris. Es gab weitere sechs Probedrucke in drei Farben
Provenance
Marina Picasso
Privatsammlung, Deutschland
Exhibited
Museum Ludwig, Köln 1998. Picasso im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939 bis 1945. Nr. 20.
Joslyn Art Musuem, Omaha 2005. Picasso: Master Printmaker. Nr. 33.
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Katalog des graphischen Werkes Bd. I 1904-1967. Bern
1971. S. 107, Nr. 374 mit Abb. (als "Le Marteau sans Maître" betitelt).
Baer, Brigitte. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur, Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des
monotypes. Bd. III 1935-1945. Bern 1986. S. 291, Nr. 699 mit Abb.
Pablo Picasso
"Femme au Fauteuil No. 1 (d'après le rouge)"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Femme au Fauteuil No. 1 (d'après le rouge)"
lithograph on Arches paper
December 23, 1948
69,5 x 54,5 cm Darstellung / 76 x 56,5 Blatt / 27 3/8 x 21 1/2 in. image / 30 x 22 1/4
in. sheet
verso inscribed 'FM 134, 1e état du report' and numbered '6/6' by Fernand Mourlot
1st state of transfer, overall 7th of 11 states; one of 6 prints, 5 for the artist, 1 for the
printer; no edition
Mourlot 134
Provenance
Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Private collection, Germany
Literature
Mourlot, Fernand. Picasso Lithograph. Paris 1970. P. 108, no. 134/1., ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Femme au Fauteuil (d'apres le noir)"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Femme au Fauteuil (d'apres le noir)"
Lithograph on Arches paper
December 4, 1948
69,8 x 54,7 cm Darstellung / 76,3 x 56,5 cm Blatt / 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. image / 30 x 22
1/4 in. sheet
verso inscribed by Fernand Mourlot 'FM 138, 4e état' and numbered 6/6'
4th of 6 states; one of 6 prints, 5 for the artist, 1 for the printer; there was no edition of
this state
Bloch 1353; Mourlot 138
Provenance
Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Private collection, germany
Literature
Mourlot, Fernand. Picasso Lithographe 1947-1949, Vol. II. Paris 1950. P. 128, no. 138,
ill. p. 132
Mourlot, Fernand. Picasso Lithograph. Paris 1970. P. 118, no. 138/4., ill.
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work Vol. I 1904-1967.
Bern 1971. P. 294, no. 1353, ill.
Rau, Bernd. Pablo Picasso, Die Lithographien, Werkverzeichnis. Stuttgart 1988. P. 245,
no. 401, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Faune musicien n° 5"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Faune musicien n° 5"
lithograph on laid paper
1948
77 x 56,5 cm / 30 3/8 x 24 1/4 in.
signed lower right, numbered lower left '43/50'
Bloch 523; Mourlot 116
Von Mourlot gedruckt.
Provenance
Private collection, Germany
Pablo Picasso
"Vénus et l'Amour, d'après Cranach"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Vénus et l'Amour, d'après Cranach"
aquatint and drypoint on Rives Velin paper
May 1949
78,5 x 43 cm Darstellung/ 90,1 x 63,5 cm Blatt / 31 3/8 x 16 3/4 in. image / 35 1/2 x
25 in. sheet
one of three trial proofs of the sixth and final state before steelfacing
Bloch 1835; Baer 876 VI.A.a
Printed by Jacques Frélaut at Lacourière, Paris. The final edition after steelfacing was 50 +
approx. 16 EA.
In the catalogue raisonnée Baer it is emphasized that in the prints made before the plate
was steelfaced, the background is especially black and velvety.
Provenance
Private collection, USA
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work, Vol. II 19661969. Bern 1971. P. 335, no. 1835, ill.
Baer, Brigitte. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur, Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des
monotypes. Vol. IV 1946-1958. Bern 1988. P. 136, no. 876 VI A.a., ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Femme au fauteuil No. 1 (d'après le rouge)"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Femme au fauteuil No. 1 (d'après le rouge)"
lithograph on Arches Velin paper
January 13, 1949
69,5 x 54,2 cm Darstellung / 75,8 x 56,5 cm Blatt / 27 3/8 x 21 3/8 in. image / 29 7/8
x 22 1/4 in. sheet
verso inscribed 'FM 134 / 2° etat du report' and numbered '6/6' by Fernand Mourlot
2nd state of transfer, overall 8th of 10 states; one of 6 prints, 5 for the artist, 1 for the
printer; no edition
Mourlot 134
Printed by Mourlot in 1949.
Provenance
Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Private collection, USA
Literature
Mourlot, Fernand. Picasso Lithograph. Paris 1970. P. 108, no. 134/2., ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Le Départ"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Le Départ"
colour lithograph on Arches Velin paper
May 20, 1951
45 x 56 cm Darstellung / 56 x 66 cm Blatt / 16 3/4 x 22 in. image / 22 x 26 in. sheet
dated lower right in the plate '20.5.51' (reversed)
10th and last state
print outside the signed and numbered edition of 50 + 6 EA
Bloch 686; Mourlot 201
Provenance
Privatsammlung, Deutschland
Literature
Mourlot, Fernand. Picasso Lithograph. Paris 1970. P. 184, no. 201, col. ill.
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work, Vol. I 1904-1967.
Bern 1971. P. 157, no. 686, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Torse de femme - L'Egyptienne"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Torse de femme - L'Egyptienne"
aquatint on Arches paper
1953
82,5 x 46,7 cm Darstellung / 90,6 x 62,4 cm Blatt / image 32 1/2 x 18 3/8 in. / sheet
35 5/8 x 24 1/2 in.
signed lower right, numbered '35/50' lower left
2nd state of 2
edition of 50 numbered prints + 15 EA
Bloch 746; Baer 906 B.b.
Printed by Lacourière and published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
In addition to the edition of 50 numbereded prints and 15 artist proofs, printed by
Lacourière and published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, in 1954, there are 4 or 5 prints
on Arches and 3 printed on Rives by Crommelynck. Of the first state, only one print is
known to exist, it is in the collection of the Musée Picasso in Paris.
The print is reproduced on the cover of volume IV of the catalogue raisonné “Picasso:
Peintre-Graveur” by Brigitte Baer.
Provenance
Private collection, Germany
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work, Vol. I 1904-1967.
Bern 1971. P. 168, no. 746, ill.
Baer, Brigitte. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur, Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des
monotypes. Vol. 4 1946-1958. Bern 1988. P. 210, no. 906, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"L'Italienne (d'après le tableau de Victor Orsel)"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"L'Italienne (d'après le tableau de Victor Orsel)"
lithograph on Arches paper
January 21, 1953
44,5 x 38 cm Darstellung / 63,8 x 49,5 cm Blatt / image 17 1/2 x 15 in. / sheet 25 1/8 x
19 1/2 in.
signed lower right, numbered '13/50' lower left, upper centre in the plate dated '18.1.53'
and 21.1.53' (reversed)
edition of 50 + 6 EA
with Arches watermark
Bloch 740; Mourlot 238 II
Printed by Mourlot in 1955, published by Galerie Louise Leiris
Literature
Mourlot, Fernand. Picasso Lithograph. Paris 1970. P. 201, no. 238 II, ill.
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work, Vol. I 1904-1967.
Bern 1971. P. 741, no. 740, ill.
Rau, Bernd. Pablo Picasso, Die Lithographien, Werkverzeichnis (cat.rais.). Stuttgart 1988.
P. 279, no. 573, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Portrait de Françoise à la résille"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Portrait de Françoise à la résille"
aquatint and etching on Arches Velin paper
May 13, 1953
42,5 x 32,5 cm Darstellung / 55,8 x 38,4 cm Blatt / image 16 3/4 x 12 15/16 in. / sheet
22 x 15 1/8 in.
dated in the plate upper right '13.mai.53' (reversed); one of 9-10 prints of the third (final)
state, no edition printed
verso stamp of Marina Picasso Collection and inventory no. 'INV 24060', recorded in the
Picasso archives, Paris
Baer 907 III
Printed by Lacourière in Paris.
Provenance
Marina Picasso
Jan Krugier, New York
Private collection, USA
Literature
Baer, Brigitte. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur, Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des
monotypes. Vol. 4 1946-1958. Bern 1988. P. 212, no. 907 III, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Troupe d'Acteurs"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Troupe d'Acteurs"
lithograph on Arches paper
February 17, 1954
50,1 x 65,7 cm / 19 3/4 x 25 7/8 in.
dated in the plate lower left '17.2.54'
verso inscribed by Fernand Mourlot 'FM 250 M 250' and numbered '6/6'
edition of 50 + 5 EA, five for the artist, one for the printer
Bloch 754; Mourlot 250
Picasso drew the composition with lithographic crayon on transfer paper, it was then
transferred to the stone.
Provenance
Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Privatsammlung, Deutschland
Literature
Mourlot, Fernand. Picasso Lithographe 1947-1949, Vol. II. Paris 1950. P. 208, no. 250,
ill.
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work, Vol. I 1904-1967.
Bern 1971. P. 170, no. 754, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"La Famille du Saltimbanque"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"La Famille du Saltimbanque"
lithograph on Arches paper
1954
50,4 x 65,3 cm / 19 7/8 x 25 3/4 in.
verso by Fernand Mourlot inscribed 'FM 249 M 249' and numbered '6/6
edition of 50 + 6 EA, 5 for the artist, one for Mourlot
Bloch 753
Provenance
Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Private collection, Germany
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work, Vol. I 1904-1967.
Bern 1971. P. 170, no. 753, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Deux femmes accroupies" (Two Squatting Women)
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Deux femmes accroupies" (Two Squatting Women)
lithograph on Arches paper
Jan. 10, 1956
44 x 55 cm / 13 3/8 x 21 5/8 in.
dated '10.1.56' and inscribed 'II' in the plate upper left
verso inscribed by Fernand Mourlot 'FM 274 M 274 and numbered '6/6'
edition of 50 + 6 EA, 5 for the artist, one for the printer
Bloch 790
From 1945 on, Picasso worked with the master lithographers of the Mourlot print shop in
Paris, initially in a traditional manner with stone slabs, from 1947 on with zinc plates. Of
every print Picasso executed there, 5 artist proofs were printed outside the edition for
Picasso himself, plus a sixth print for the printer Mourlot. In the catalogue raisonné of
Picasso's prints edited by Mourlot later, he only mentioned the 5 artist proofs, but not the
sixth print. The present exemplar is such a sixth print, it can therefore be presumed that it
came from Fernand Mourlot's own collection.
Provenance
Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Private collection
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographie, tome I. Bern
1971. No. 790 with ill.
Mourlot,Fernand. Picasso Lithographe. Paris 1970. no. 274 with ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Jacqueline lisant"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Jacqueline lisant"
lithograph on 'Arches' paper
December 27, 1958
55,5 x 44 cm Darstellung / 65,7 x 50,5 cm Blatt / image 22 x 17 3/8 in. / sheet 25 7/8 x
19 7/8 in.
signed lower right, numbered '46/50' lower left
dated '18.12.57', '11.1.58' and '27.12.58' (reversed) in the plate upper right
3rd and last state
edition of 50 + c. 6 EA
edition of 50 of the third (final) state
Bloch 852; Mourlot 309
The work was printed by Mourlot in 1958 and published by Galerie Louise Leiris in Paris.
Provenance
Private collection, USA
Literature
Mourlot, Fernand. Picasso Lithographe 1947-1949, Vol. II. Paris 1950. P. 250, no. 309,
ill.
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Katalog des graphischen Werkes Vol. I 1904-1967. Bern
1971. P. 188, no. 852, ill.
Rau, Bernd. Pablo Picasso, Die Lithographien, Werkverzeichnis (cat.rais.) Stuttgart 1988.
P. 299, no. 673, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Tête de femme (Portrait de Jacqueline de face II)"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Tête de femme (Portrait de Jacqueline de face II)"
linocut on Arches Velin paper
15 January 1962
64 x 53 cm Darstellung / 75,2 x 59,3 cm Blatt / image: 25 x 20 3/4 in. / sheet: 29 5/8 x
23 3/8 in.
signed lower right, numbered '3/50' lower left
fourth and final state
edition of 50 + 6 EA
with Arches watermark
Bloch 1063; Baer 1280 IV.B.a
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work, Vol. I 1904-1967.
Bern 1971. P. 224, no. 1063, ill.
Baer, Brigitte. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur. Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des
monotypes. Vol. 5 1959-1965. Bern 1989. No. 1280 IV.B.a., ill.
In 1953, at the age of 72, Picasso started taking an interest in the technique of linocut,
which had been neglected by artists for decades.
His starting point, in 1953, was a series of posters for the “Toros of Vallauris” and the
temporary “Exposition de Vallauris”, annual exhibitions of ceramics by local potters.
Between autumn 1958 and spring 1962, working together with the printer Hidalgo Arnéra
of Vallauris, he created 45 large-format linocuts with hitherto unrivalled linear, surface and
colour effects. The high-pressure linocut technique is a complicated process in which a
separate plate must be prepared for each colour using a gouge. Picasso took to the new
medium with his characteristic pleasure in experimentation and variation, and created
particularly striking coloured prints. He produced this portrait of his wife Jacqueline in
January 1962 in Mougins. It shows a magnificent linocut in four colours (three different
brown tones and black), with clearly delimited colour fields accentuating her severe,
classically beautiful countenance.
Pablo Picasso
"Portrait de famille"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Portrait de famille"
lithograph on Arches paper
June 1962
49,5 x 64,7 cm Darstellung / 56 x 76 cm Blatt / 19 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. image / 22 x 30 in.
sheet
signed lower right
dated '29.6.62' (reversed) in the plate lower centre
one of few trial proofs, no edition was printed
Rau 748
Provenance
Private collection, Austria
Literature
Rau, Bernd. Pablo Picasso, Die Lithographien, Werkverzeichnis (cat. rais.). Stuttgart 1988.
P. 309, no. 748, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Femme nue pêchant des Truites à la Main"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Femme nue pêchant des Truites à la Main"
linocut printed in colours on Arches
1962
52,4 x 63,7 cm Darstellung / 62 x 75 cm Blatt / 20 5/8 x 25 in. image / 24 3/8 x 29 1/2
in. Sheet
inscribed along the lower paper edge o by the printer Hidalgo Arnéra: 'No. 2 FEMME AU
POISSIONS - 3 Couleurs - Gravure inachevée de PICASSO LINOGRAVURE - Imprimerie
ARNÈRA - VALLAURIS'
edition of 68 unsigned prints
Baer 1327 I
Provenance
Private collection, England
Literature
Baer, Brigitte. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur. Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des
monotypes. Vol. V 1959-1965. Bern 1989. No. 1327 I, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Têtes (Le Vieux Bouffon)"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Têtes (Le Vieux Bouffon)"
colour-linocut on Arches Velin paper
1963
64 x 53 cm Darstellung / 75 x 62 cm Blatt / 25 1/4 x 20 7/8 in. image / 29 1/2 x 24
3/8 in. Sheet
signed lower right, dated in the plate lower centre '15.1.63' and 17.1.63'
proof of the second of three states of the rose plate, outside the edition
edition of 50 + approx. 20 EAPrivatsammlung,
Bloch 1104 / Baer 1338 II B.b.
Printed by Hidalgo Arnéra, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Provenance
Private collection, England
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work, Vol. I 1904-1967.
Bern 1971. P. 231, no. 1104, ill.
Baer, Brigitte. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur. Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des
monotypes. Vol. V 1959-1965. Bern 1989. No. 1338 II B.b., ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Fumeur barbu"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Fumeur barbu"
sugarlift aquatint on Richard de Bas laid paper
August 27, 1964
41,2 x 31,7 cm Darstellung / 56,2 x 40,3 cm Blatt / 16 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. image/ 22 1/8 x
15 7/8 in. sheet
signed lower right, inscribed 'epreuve d’artiste' lower left
one of 15 EA outside the edition of 50
with Richard de Bas watermark
Bloch 1170; Baer 1170.B.b
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Katalog des graphischen Werkes Bd. I 1904-1967. Bern
1971. P. 246, no. 1170, ill.
Baer, Brigitte. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur. Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des
monotypes. Bd. 5 1959-1965. Bern 1989. No. 1170 B.b., ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Fumeur à la cigarette blanche"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Fumeur à la cigarette blanche"
sugarlift colour aquatint and etching on laid paper
August 27, 1964
42 x 32 cm Darstellung / 56,5 x 40,6 cm Blatt / image 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. / sheet 22
1/4 x 16 in.
signed lower right, inscribed 'epreuve d’artiste' lower left
one of 15 artist's proofs outside the edition of 50
with Richard de Bas watermark
Bloch 1169; Baer 1169 B.b.
Printed by Pennequin for Crommelynck, 1964-65, published by Galerie Louise Leiris in
1965
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work, Vol. I 1904-1967.
Bern 1971. P. 246, no. 1169, ill.
Baer, Brigitte. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur. Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des
monotypes. Vol. 5 1959-1965. Bern 1989. No. 1169 B.b., ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Au cirque: acrobates, girafe, nageuses"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Au cirque: acrobates, girafe, nageuses"
etching on Velin paper
April 11, 1968
31,4 x 41,6 cm Darstellung / 45,2 x 56,3 cm Blatt / 12 3/8 x 16 3/8 in. image / 17 3/4
x 22 1/8 in. sheet
signed lower right, numbered 29/59 lower left, dated and inscribed '11.4.68. I' in the
plate
edition of 50 + EA
Bloch 1504
Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris in 1969.
Provenance
Private collection, Germany
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work, Vol. II 19661969. Bern 1971. P. 123, no. 1504, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Autoportrait transposé et dédoublé rêvant au cirque, avec Jacqueline en acrobate à la
boule"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Autoportrait transposé et dédoublé rêvant au cirque, avec Jacqueline en acrobate à la
boule"
etching on Velin paper
March 26, 1968
42,2 x 34,5 cm Darstellung / 61,2 x 56,3 cm Blatt / 16 5/8 x 13 1/2 in. image / 24 1/8
x 22 1/8 in. sheet
signed, numbered and dated in the plate '26.3.68'
Bloch 1489
Pablo Picasso
"Halte de comédiens ambulants, avec hibou et bouffon enlacant une femme"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Halte de comédiens ambulants, avec hibou et bouffon enlacant une femme"
drypoint etching on Rives paper
August 2, 1968
31,6 x 31,5 cm Darstellung / 49,2 x 45,5 cm Blatt / 12 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. image / 19 3/8
x 17 7/8 in. sheet
signed, numbered '31/50' and dated and inscribed '2.8.68 I' (reversed) in the plate
edition of 50 plus 17 EA
Bloch 1713
The print was published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, in 1969.
Provenance
Private collection, Germany
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Picasso Tome II Catalogue de l’oeuvre gravé et lithographié 1966 1969. Bern 1971. No. 1713, p. 263
Pablo Picasso
"Souvenirs d'enfance: Fête de Rue, avec Bonhomme et el Gigante"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Souvenirs d'enfance: Fête de Rue, avec Bonhomme et el Gigante"
aquatint on wove paper
1968
22,3 x 28,9 cm Darstellung / 34,8 x 42,1 cm Blatt / image 8 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. / sheet 13
3/4 x 16 1/2 in.
signed lower right, numbered 6/50 lower left, dated and inscribed in the plate upper right
'4.6.68 I' (reversed)
edition of 50 + 17 EA
Bloch 1621
66 plates from the Series 347 were used to illustrate "Celestine".
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work, Vol. II 19661969. Bern 1971. P. 208, no. 1621, ill.
Pablo Picasso
Untitled (Artists and Models)
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
Untitled (Artists and Models)
etching on wove paper
May 10, 1971
37 x 50 cm Darstellung, 50 x 64,7 cm Blatt / 14 1/2 x 19 5/8 in. image / 19 5/8 x 25
1/2 in. sheet
with signature stamp lower right
numbered '17/50' lower left
dated '10.5.71.' (reversed) in the plate upper left
edition of 50 + 15 EA
Bloch 1976
The editions of the prints that make up the "Series 156", which were approved by Picasso
himself shortly before his death, were predominantly printed posthumously and bear a
signature stamp.
Provenance
Private collection, Southern Germany
Literature
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Catalogue of the printed graphic work, Vol. IV 19701972. Bern 1979. P. 154, no. 1976, ill.
Pablo Picasso
"Deux femmes"
Pablo Picasso
Malaga 1881 - 1973 Mougins
"Deux femmes"
etching on Rives Velin paper
1971
21 x 15 cm Darstellung / 32,9 x 25 cm Blatt / 8 1/4 x 6 in. image / 13 x 9 7/8 in. sheet
with signature stamp lower right, numbered '49/50' lower left
datert and inscribed '3.3.71 III' in the plate lower right
edition of 50 + 15 EA
Bloch 1917
The editions of the prints that make up the "Series 156", which were approved by Picasso
himself shortly before his death, were predominantly printed posthumously and bear a
signature stamp.
Provenance
Private collection, Southern Germany
Literature
Baer, Brigitte. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur, Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des
monotypes. Vol. IV 1946-1958. Bern 1988. P. 95, no. 1917, ill.