Art (1945-contemporary) > Figurative Painting (40s-60s ) Pablo Picasso - Biography
Crâne de chèvre sur la table. 1953. Nach Picasso.
Etching and aquatint in colors and pochoir with embossing print after a Picasso oil painting.
Signed and numbered. From an edition of 150 copies. On off white BFK Rives wove paper (with the watermark. 50.5 x 65 cm (19.8 x 25.5 in). Sheet: 55,7 x 76,5 cm (21,9 x 30,1 in).
Printed and published by Atelier Lacourière, Paris (with the blindstamp). [KA].
• Complex print based on an original painting.
• Wonderful example of the aquatint color technique, with vibrant and contrasting light effects.
• In terms of its scope, technical variety and expressiveness, Picasso's graphic work represents a significant part of his oeuvre.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern Germany.
Private collection, Southern Germany (2009, inherited from the above).
LITERATURE: Bernhard Geiser, Brigitte Baer, Picasso peintre-graveur. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre gravé et des monotypes, vol. IV: 1946-1958, Bern 1988, cf. catalogue raisonné no. 903.
In good condition. Sheet all in all minimally discolored, and with slight mount staining. Edges partly with faint creasing. Top and bottom margin with isolated small restored tears (max. up to 1.5 cm). Lower left corner with minor color loss. Image without impairment.
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