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Auction archive: Lot number 44

Pablo Picasso

Asian Art
4 Nov 2019 - 5 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 44

Pablo Picasso

Asian Art
4 Nov 2019 - 5 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Homme avec deux Femmes, pl. 222, from Series 347 (B. 1702), 1968 Mezzotint on Rives BFK, with the artist's ink stamped signature, inscribed under platemark lower left épreuve avant aciérage, a proof before the plate was steel-faced (aside from the edition of 50), with the oval inkstamp of the Marina Picasso Collection on verso, published/printed by Galerie Louise Leiris/Crommelynck, Paris, with full margins, framed. 12 1/2 x 15 3/8in (31.6 x 39cm) sheet 18 1/8 x 22 1/4in (47.2 x 56.5cm) Fußnoten In this rare proof before the plate was steel-faced, Picasso's delicate cross-hatched lines outlining the nude on the left are very clearly delineated, as are the hands and feet of the nude on the right. The delicate mezzotint heightens the contrast between light and shadow.

Auction archive: Lot number 44
Auction:
Datum:
4 Nov 2019 - 5 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Homme avec deux Femmes, pl. 222, from Series 347 (B. 1702), 1968 Mezzotint on Rives BFK, with the artist's ink stamped signature, inscribed under platemark lower left épreuve avant aciérage, a proof before the plate was steel-faced (aside from the edition of 50), with the oval inkstamp of the Marina Picasso Collection on verso, published/printed by Galerie Louise Leiris/Crommelynck, Paris, with full margins, framed. 12 1/2 x 15 3/8in (31.6 x 39cm) sheet 18 1/8 x 22 1/4in (47.2 x 56.5cm) Fußnoten In this rare proof before the plate was steel-faced, Picasso's delicate cross-hatched lines outlining the nude on the left are very clearly delineated, as are the hands and feet of the nude on the right. The delicate mezzotint heightens the contrast between light and shadow.

Auction archive: Lot number 44
Auction:
Datum:
4 Nov 2019 - 5 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
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