Pablo Picasso, Quatre Femmes En Fuite, Les Mtamorphoses, Lithograph

Condition: Pre-Owned
Lithograph on vlin papier Verg fin blanc des papeteries de Bellerive paper. Paper size: 11.02 x 8.66 inches; image size: 4.6 x 5.5 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Suite des reproductions des Eaux-fortes de Pablo Picasso pour illustrer les Mtamorphoses d'Ovide, 1970. Published and printed by Production Edito-Service S.A., Le Grand-Saconnex, Canton of Genve, in collaboration with Albert Skira, Genve. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), The original edition of Les Mtamorphoses d'Ovide, full text of the association, Guillaume Bud, established and translated by Georges Lafaye, is illustrated with XXX original etchings by Picasso. The draw, completed on October Twenty-Fifth, Nineteen Thirty-One, in Paris, on the presses of Lon Pichon for typography, and by Louis Fort for the engravings, was limited to CXLV examples, all numbered in the press and signed by the artist, namely: XXX examples on Japon blanc a la forme fabriqu spcialement par la manufacture impriale, including V examples, numbered from I to V, each containing a sequel on Japon with remarks in bistre, a suite on Chine with remarks in black and an original drawing by the artist, and XXV examples, numbered from VI to XXX, each containing a sequel on Japon with remarks in black; XCV examples, numbered from XXXI to CXXV, on verg de pur chiffon fabriqu spcialement a la main par les papeteries d'Arches; And CX non-commerce examples, numbered in roman numerals from I to XX, reserved for the artist and collaborators. The coppers used to draw the illustrations were scratched by the artist in the presence of the publisher. This album has been presented to collectors and bibliophiles of the United States of America by Marie Harriman. This lithograph edition, 2228 cm, was shot with Albert Skira's authorization on papier Verg fin blanc des papeteries de Bellerive.

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and the anti-war painting Guernica (1937), a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War. Exceptionally prolific throughout the course of his long life, Picasso achieved universal renown and immense fortune for his revolutionary artistic accomplishments, and became one of the best-known figures in 20th-century art. In May 2015, Pablo Picassos painting, Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O), sold for $179.4 million USD at Christies New York, setting a world record for the artist.
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