Pablo Picasso Etching from 347 Suite
Item Details
Pablo Picasso (Spanish; 1881-1973)
Untitled; known as Artiste peintre avec un modèle qui boude, 1968
Etching with drypoint on Rives wove paper
Signed to the lower right margin
Numbered 26/50
Plate number 346 from 347 Suite
Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Printed with Aldo and Piero Crommelynck
Dated in reverse to the upper left “4.10.68.I”, inscription to verso notes catalogue reference
A limited edition etching with drypoint on Rives wove paper known as Artiste Peintre Avec un Modèle qui Boude by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. The work is plate number 346 from the artist’s 347 Suite, created from March 16th – October 5th, 1968. It depicts a posing nude model with a sullen expression as an artist with a large hat and palette looks on while painting. The print is inscribed in plate with the date ‘4.10.68.I’ in reverse, signed in graphite to the lower right, and marked number 26 in an edition of 50 to the lower left. This series was printed with Aldo and Piero Crommelynck and published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. An inscription to the verso cites the catalogue raisonné entry and in-plate date notation. It is presented behind mat and glass in a painted wood frame with wire to the verso for hanging.
Literature
Georges Bloch, Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work, figure 1826
A pioneer of Modern art, Pablo Picasso began his artistic studies as a young child taught by his father. Picasso mastered the fundamentals of art at a young age, which allowed him to deviate and create new movements later in his career. His Blue Period and Harlequin phase show his master of color to express emotion and his notable Cubist and Surrealist works display his understanding of form. Guernica was of the most inspiring paintings from Picasso’s Cubist period, which was painted during the Spanish Civil War in response to the bombings in the Town of Guernica, Spain. His work can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; and the MoMa, New York; among many others.
Condition
- light accretion behind glass; wear with scuffs and marks to frame finish; tape to backing, as piece was removed from frame for examination.
Dimensions
- measures frame; sheet sixe measures approximately 17.75" W x 12.5" H; plate marks measure approximately 12.75" W x 9" H.
Item #
18BOS262-075
