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2Pablo PicassoLe Crapaud (The Toad)1949 Lithograph, on Arches paper, the full sheet. S. 19 5/8 x 25 3/4 in. (49.8 x 65.4 cm) Signed in red crayon, one of 5 artist and publisher copies which were not numbered (aside from the edition of 50), published by Mourlot, Paris, unframed. Estimate $30,000 - 50,000 Place Advance BidContact Specialist Editions@phillips.com
Condition ReportSign uporLog inProvenanceGalerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland, Kunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, teil II, June 16, 2016, lot 446LiteratureGeorges Bloch 585 Fernand Mourlot 144 Felix Reuße 448Artist BioPablo PicassoSpanish • 1881 - 1973Follow One of the most dominant and influential artists of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso was a master of endless reinvention. While significantly contributing to the movements of Surrealism, Neoclassicism and Expressionism, he is best known for pioneering the groundbreaking movement of Cubism alongside fellow artist Georges Braque in the 1910s. In his practice, he drew on African and Iberian visual culture as well as the developments in the fast-changing world around him.Throughout his long and prolific career, the Spanish-born artist consistently pushed the boundaries of art to new extremes. Picasso's oeuvre is famously characterized by a radical diversity of styles, ranging from his early forays in Cubism to his Classical Period and his later more gestural expressionist work, and a diverse array of media including printmaking, drawing, ceramics and sculpture as well as theater sets and costumes designs. View More Works